Pearl Mystic

Hookworms - Pearl Mystic
Critic Score
Based on 8 reviews
2013 Ratings: #57 / 1115
User Score
Based on 118 ratings
2013 Rank: #193
Liked by 2 people
March 4, 2013 / Release Date
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Drowned in Sound

Pearl Mystic has a revolution quality about it. Rather than re-inventing wheels it begs the listener to loosen the axles and throw them away.

90
musicOMH

Pearl Mystic really is a staggering debut. Hookworms are a band quite unlike anything the UK has produced for years.

80
NME

This record is not the sunburnt wooze of Tame Impala: it’s angrier, colder.

80
The 405

It can be easy for bands of this ilk to get bogged down by choosing to opt for style over substance, but Pearl Mystic is a rich record that reveals more of itself with every listen.

80
DIY

The Leeds five-piece combine psychedelia, krautrock and gonzo rock 'n roll to unashamedly epic effect on this surprisingly immediate debut album

70
Tiny Mix Tapes

The consequent fusion of styles and a dominant interest in drone, space rock, prog, US hardcore, and psychedelia all curdle together at the blistering core of this album, which basks in a technical style that douses every shameless dose of genre #namedrop in a meticulous sheen.

Doofy
73

An old school feedback fest of a psych rock debut album.

CheapandLethal
95

Exceptional

EMR
64

Hookworms come up with an overall interesting sound in their debut. The band wields their influences upon their sleeves, though, and it isn't difficult to associate the music presented here with names such as Deerhunter, for example. Hookworms seem to excel at sheer-power garage rock, though (as seen on the excellent Form and Function), even though it is a direction they don't explore much on Pearl Mystic. Instead, the psychedelic-rockers usually indulge with drones and sound textures, but ... read more

Doofy
73

An old school feedback fest of a psych rock debut album.

CheapandLethal
95

Exceptional

EMR
64

Hookworms come up with an overall interesting sound in their debut. The band wields their influences upon their sleeves, though, and it isn't difficult to associate the music presented here with names such as Deerhunter, for example. Hookworms seem to excel at sheer-power garage rock, though (as seen on the excellent Form and Function), even though it is a direction they don't explore much on Pearl Mystic. Instead, the psychedelic-rockers usually indulge with drones and sound textures, but ... read more

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Added on: March 4, 2013