Hookworms (band)

Biography

Hookworms released their first tape cassette EP on Sun Araw's Sun Ark/Magic Lantern label in August 2011. They are known in underground alternative music circles for their live shows. They have released live recordings (including a CD release of their WFMU live session) and several other releases through Gringo Records. In 2013 Hookworms signed with the Domino imprint Weird World; they also joined the Too Pure roster with their single "Radio Tokyo."

Hookworm's 2013 LP Pearl Mystic was widely praised. It was named the number 1 album of 2013 by Loud and Quiet, BrooklynVegan, and Drowned in Sound. The Skinny, Jim Fusilli of The Wall Street Journal, and several major UK record stores (Norman Records, Music Exchange, Rise, Piccadilly Records, Sister Ray Records, Resident Records, and Drift Records) placed Pearl Mystic in their top ten releases of 2013, with the record also appearing in Time Out, NME, and The Guardian's top-rated records of that year.

Hookworms have been categorised as neo-psychedelic rock, a genre that has experienced growing popularity since 2010, including such bands as Temples, Tame Impala, Wooden Shjips, Goat, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. The band is composed of JN, JW, MB, Michael Jackson and SS. They produce through Michael Jackson's own Suburban Home Studio in Leeds, which has also seen Drenge, Pulled Apart by Horses, Mazes and That Fucking Tank. All related art is done through JW's Idiot's Pasture. Fans of Hookworms include Bobby Gillespie, Charlotte Church, and Julian Cope, who described their 2011 EP as "an epic 26 minutes of sub-Zabriskie Point ambient road-movie heat haze-on-the-road sonic wipeout of the post-Loop variety."

Full Lengths

Singles

Live Releases / Compilation Appearances / Remixes