Pearl Earl is the neo-psychedelic rock project of multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Ariel Hartley formed in Denton, TX in 2014. The band consists of a rotating cast of original and touring members including drummer Bailey K Chapman, Stefanie Lazcano, Chelsey Danielle, Teddy Georgia Waggy and Leeza V. The band has been in constant evolution and shape-shifting since its birth as a bedroom project on Hartley’s laptop in her early college years. With heavy nods to spacey prog and golden era glam rock, Pearl Earl invokes the cosmic nostalgia of the past while carving new territory of its own psychedelic universe. Once described as “Pink Floyd in the sunlight” the band's live performances are captivating and euphoric with an ominous grin.

The band has done several U.S tours across the U.S. and has shared bills with bands such as Death Valley Girls, Oh Sees, Post Animal, The Black Angels, Acid Dad, Frankie and The Witch Fingers, Black Lips and have played major festivals such as Levitation and SXSW. 

Now primarily based in Los Angeles and north Texas, Pearl Earl will be releasing their sophomore record titled “It’s Dread” on June 22nd via Green Witch Recordings in NYC. The album was recorded in Los Angeles by Tomas Dolas (Mr. Elevator, Oh Sees) at Studio 22 and explores a darker theme of existential crisis in an apocalyptic world. The first album single, ‘Evil Does it’ is “a squealing symphony of woozy synths and reverberating rhythms, fans of the likes of Pond and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are in for a treat. A laidback, drunkenly rhythmic, swinging pace shows that this isn't a track that takes itself too seriously, and Pearl Earl don't shy away from bringing in any sound they see fit and weaving it into melody.”- Antonia Sulley, Earmilk. The band will be embarking on several tours in support of the new album this year, including the band’s first ever European tour. 

        “Pearl Earl are like if Pentangle were a villainous cartoon rock band in an old episode of Josie & the Pussycats. The songs on their debut are cartoon-colored and full of knotty guitar work, weird, witchy vocals and sharp melodic left-turns. Just when you think you’ve got them pinned down, they change shape: “Captain Howdy” opens as a blank-eyed, spell-book incantation before heaving suddenly into a proggy chorus; “Cosmic Queen” is roller-disco glam-rock in which Ariel Hartley tries out about 17 different vocal approaches, from Satanic sneer to punk-rock hiccup; and “Star in the Sky” dabbles in deranged sci-fi psychedelia before dishing out an avalanche of 400-ton Black Sabbath riffs. Everything is heavily distorted and utterly deranged (the last half of “Star in the Sky” sounds like a tripped-out take on the Fat Albert theme, except with a flute). Pearl Earl is a weird, indescribable, genre-gobbling record, a black-light Magic Eye poster that keeps revealing new images the longer you stare at it.” - J. Edward Keyes, Bandcamp Daily