If you excuse the frankly dubious name and album title, Pearl Necklace are well worth investigating, because they make the kind of slower, leftfield beats that Norwegians are so good at. A key part of this is the guest slots of Arp, who crops up on the loping, slow disco of ‘Did You Feel It’. Meanwhile the woozy, unfocused sounds in Why Toto? work nicely, as does the shimmering ‘Wist’. Sometimes a bit more pace would be welcome, and ‘Don’t’ feels like it creaks along rather, but overall this is a pleasingly psychedelic piece of work.
4 out of 5
Reviewed By Ben Hogwood
