Earwig (Pegboy album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Earwig
| type = album
| artist = Pegboy
| cover = Pegboy - Earwig.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 24, 1994
| recorded = April 1994 at Blackbox Studios, Noyant-la-Gravoyère, France
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Punk rock
| length = 31:07
| label = Quarterstick{{Cite web|url=http://www.touchandgorecords.com/bands/album.php?id=51|title=Earwig | Pegboy | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records|website=www.touchandgorecords.com}}
| producer = Iain Burgess
| prev_title = Fore
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Cha Cha Damore
| next_year = 1997
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=Richard |last=Foss |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r206757|pure_url=yes}}|title=Earwig |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=February 10, 2013}}
}}
Earwig is the second studio album by the punk rock band Pegboy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pegboy-mn0000255704/biography|title=Pegboy | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} 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."{{cite journal |title=Pegboy lays it out |journal=The Daily Times |date=October 14, 1994 |page=8}} 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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-09-29-9509300053-story.html|title=3 CLOSE-UP|website=chicagotribune.com}} 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.'"{{cite web |title=Pegboy |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/pegboy/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=21 December 2020}} 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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/02/17/nova-scotias-jale/582a0181-f25f-4300-ac5b-124e5ddaa714/|title=NOVA SCOTIA'S JALE|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=February 17, 1995|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Pegboy, except "Revolver" by Clint Conley
| title1 = Line Up
| length1 = 2:34
| title2 = Sinner Inside
| length2 = 2:26
| title3 = Gordo
| length3 = 2:50
| title4 = Side Show
| length4 = 3:13
| title5 = Spaghetti Western
| length5 = 2:34
| title6 = Revolver
| length6 = 4:09
| title7 = You
| length7 = 2:56
| title8 = Blister
| length8 = 2:30
| title9 = Wages of Sin
| length9 = 2:48
| title10 = Mr. Pink
| length10 = 2:05
| title11 = Over the Hills
| length11 = 2:43
| title12 = Louisiana
| length12 = 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
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=43047 |name=Earwig |type=album}}
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