Pearl Mystic Explained

Pearl Mystic
Type:Studio
Artist:Hookworms
Cover:Pearl Mystic (Hookworms album) cover.jpg
Recorded:Suburban Home Studios (Leeds)
Label:Gringo Records, Weird World
Producer:MJ (Hookworms)
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Pearl Mystic is the first studio album and second long play record by British rock band Hookworms, released on 4 March 2013 on Gringo Records (UK), and later Weird World (Rest of World), an imprint of Domino. The album's namesake is pearl mystic turquoise, also the colour of the sleeve artwork.

Critical reception

The album received positive reviews on release, and was later named in end of year critics lists.[1] It was named Loud and Quiet,[2] [3] BrooklynVegan,[4] and Drowned in Sound's[5] [6] number one album of 2013. The Skinny,[7] Jim Fusilli of The Wall Street Journal,[8] and several major UK record stores (Norman Records, Music Exchange, Rise, Piccadilly Records, Sister Ray Records, Resident Records,[1] and Drift Records) placed Pearl Mystic in their top ten releases of 2013, with the record also appearing in Time Out,[9] NME,[10] and The Guardian's[11] top-rated records of that year.

Personnel

Hookworms
Additional

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Critics pick the best albums of 2013. Metacritic. 10 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Dylan Ray. Daniel. Issue 55: A Humble Evolution. Loud and Quiet. 12 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Albums of the year 2013. Loud and Quiet. 12 January 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140102112659/http://www.loudandquiet.com/2013/12/albums-of-the-year-2013/. 2 January 2014.
  4. Web site: Our Favourite Albums of 2013. BrooklynVegan. 10 January 2014.
  5. Web site: Gourlay. Dom. Drowned In Sound's Favourite Albums of 2013. Drowned in Sound. 10 January 2014. 12 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191012075212/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147268-drowned-in-sounds-favourite-albums-of-2013--top-20. dead.
  6. Web site: Gourlay. Dom. Peal Mystic review. Drowned in Sound. 12 January 2014. 1 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201221316/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17499/reviews/4146108. dead.
  7. Web site: Catling. Simon Jay. Top 10 Albums of the Year. The Skinny. 10 January 2014.
  8. News: Fusilli. Jim. Big Names Floundered While Indies Triumphed. The Wall Street Journal. 26 December 2013. 10 January 2014.
  9. Web site: The 40 best albums of 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131209173835/https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-40-best-albums-of-2013 . 9 Dec 2013 . Time Out.
  10. Web site: NME. . 24 January 2014.
  11. Web site: The Guardian's 40 Best Albums of 2013. BrooklynVegan. 11 September 2017.

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