My Top Albums 2013: Number 1

Hookworms – Pearl Mystic

 

 

Created by a mysterious group who would rather be referred to in public by their initials than their birth names (anti-rock stars?), Hookworms' debut album is menacing, brutal and yet soothingly hypnotic.

With echo drenched vocals acting more as an additional instrument than anything else, 'Pearly Mystic' is steeped with many obvious reference points yet is so instinctively fresh and vibrant as to leave everything else trailing in its' wake. This is the sound of the past, present and future all rolled into one.

Video: Hookworms - Away / Towards