Pearl Mystic

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.

Pearl Mystic
Studio album by Hookworms
Released	4 March 2013 (2013-03-04)
Recorded	Suburban Home Studios (Leeds)
Genre	Noise rock psychedelic rock
Length	44:19
Label	Gringo Records, Weird World
Producer	MJ (Hookworms)
Hookworms chronology
Hookworms (2011) Pearl Mystic (2013) The Hum (2014)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	10/10
The Line of Best Fit	8/10
MusicOMH

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Away/Towards"	8:49
2.	"Form & Function"	5:58
3.	"I"	2:44
4.	"In Our Time"	4:50
5.	"Since We Have Changed"	7:32
6.	"Preservation"	5:04
7.	"II"	1:30
8.	"What We Talk About"	4:01
9.	"III"	3:51
Total length:		44:19

All tracks are written by Hookworms

Personnel

Hookworms

• EG – Drums, percussion
• JW – Guitars, sleeves and design
• MB – Bass, synths
• MJ – Vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synths, producing, recording, mixing
• SS – Guitars

Additional

• Published by Domino Publishing Co. Ltd
• Recorded by MJ at Suburban Home Studios, Leeds
• Mixed by MJ at Suburban Home Studios, Leeds
• Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering
• Sleeves, design by JW (Idiot's Pasture)

References

1. "Critics pick the best albums of 2013". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
2. Dylan Ray, Daniel. "Issue 55: A Humble Evolution". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
3. "Albums of the year 2013". Loud and Quiet. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
4. "Our Favourite Albums of 2013". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
5. Gourlay, Dom. "Drowned In Sound's Favourite Albums of 2013". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
6. Gourlay, Dom. "Peal Mystic review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
7. Catling, Simon Jay. "Top 10 Albums of the Year". The Skinny. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
8. Fusilli, Jim (26 December 2013). "Big Names Floundered While Indies Triumphed". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
9. "The 40 best albums of 2013". Time Out. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013.
10. "NME". NME. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
11. "The Guardian's 40 Best Albums of 2013". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 11 September 2017.