| Earwig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 24, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | April 1994 at Blackbox Studios, Noyant-la-Gravoyère, France | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 31:07 | |||
| Label | Quarterstick[1] | |||
| Producer | Iain Burgess | |||
| Pegboy chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Earwig is the second studio album by the punk rock band Pegboy.[3] It was released in 1994 through Quarterstick Records.
Critical reception
The Daily Times wrote that "Pegboy's combination of classic punk structure with John Haggerty's furious guitar work makes it a band to be reckoned with and marks Earwig as one of the fall's best releases."[4] The Chicago Tribune wrote that the band "pours in some of the feel of Seam in lead singer Larry Damore's wistful lyrics, hardened behind a big three-chord grind from ex-Naked Raygun guitarist John Haggerty."[5] Trouser Press called the album "respectable if hardly revelatory," writing that "the pleasure comes in hearing the Haggerty brothers interact; John sounds like he’s trying to drill holes in the wall of the percussion Joe throws up on 'Gordo.'"[6] The Washington Post wrote that "some of the tracks tend to blur, but ones like 'You' and 'Blister' achieve a potent merger of pop and wallop."[7]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Pegboy, except "Revolver" by Clint Conley
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Line Up" | 2:34 |
| 2. | "Sinner Inside" | 2:26 |
| 3. | "Gordo" | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Side Show" | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Spaghetti Western" | 2:34 |
| 6. | "Revolver" | 4:09 |
| 7. | "You" | 2:56 |
| 8. | "Blister" | 2:30 |
| 9. | "Wages of Sin" | 2:48 |
| 10. | "Mr. Pink" | 2:05 |
| 11. | "Over the Hills" | 2:43 |
| 12. | "Louisiana" | 3:17 |
Personnel
- Pegboy
- Larry Damore – vocals
- Joe Haggerty – drums
- John Haggerty – guitar
- Pierre Kezdy – bass guitar
- Production and additional personnel
- Iain Burgess – production, engineering
- Peter Deimel – engineering
- Frank Marte – art directions, design
References
- ↑ "Earwig | Pegboy | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records". www.touchandgorecords.com.
- ↑ Foss, Richard. "Earwig". AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Pegboy | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Pegboy lays it out". The Daily Times: 8. October 14, 1994.
- ↑ "3 CLOSE-UP". chicagotribune.com.
- ↑ "Pegboy". Trouser Press. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ↑ Jenkins, Mark (February 17, 1995). "NOVA SCOTIA'S JALE" – via www.washingtonpost.com.