Earwig 'Center of the Earth' album

“Every once in a while a band comes along that changes your life. Earwig is that band. They are one of the best underground bands in America today.” – Chattanooga Free Press. Earwig is a high energy, stripped down, underground-rock trio from Columbus, Ohio. Working at a steady pace over the last several years, the band has been in no hurry to sell themselves short for any mythical big break.

Putting out a series of critically acclaimed but hard to find albums on “micro-indie” record label LFM Records, the band has gathered a small, but ferociously loyal, nationwide fan base. With the release of their new CD that fan base is growing more quickly than anyone expected. Known for great songwriting and remembered for their spontaneous and reckless live shows, Earwig has long been one of independent music's best kept secrets.

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Earwig is a high energy, stripped down, underground-rock trio. Natives of Columbus, Ohio, they frequently tour the Midwest from Chicago to New York. Working at a steady pace over the last several years, the band has been in no hurry to sell themselves short for any mythical big break with a major label. Putting out a series of critically acclaimed but hard to find albums on "micro-indie" record label LFM Records, the band has gathered a small, but ferociously loyal, nationwide fan base. With the release of their new CD Center Of The Earth, that fan base is growing more quickly than anyone expected. Known for great songwriting and remembered for their spontaneous and reckless live shows, Earwig has long been one of independent music's best kept secrets. They regularly draw 100-200 people to shows in their hometown of Columbus, Ohio. In the last 6 months, Earwig has sold 1500 copies of their new CD - Center Of The Earth - at shows, in stores and online.

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arwig's Center Of The Earth is an essential collection of bright power-pop. Infectious and affecting.
- The Big Takeover

"Used Kids" is an uber-catchy song tempered with just enough fuzz and grit to make it first rate. In fact, the whole of Center Of The Earth is brimming with radio-ready songs that, unlike most "radio-ready" tunes, demand to be taken seriously. And if the record takes one back to a simpler era - a time when Ohio was producing indie giants like Guided by Voices and the Breeders - it's no accident. Against all odds, the band never sounds retro. Their sound is refreshingly simple in a rock scene packed with pretension and posing. At the end of the day, Earwig writes great songs, plays them impeccably and retains a unique style.
-Randy Surface, The Messenger

Guitarist-singer Lizard McGee, bassist-singer Matt Wagner and drummer Justin Crooks are Earwig, and the Columbus band's third independently released album- and it's best -is Center Of The Earth. At Center Of The Earth's core is a trio that writes superbly crafted, taut, three-minute rock songs. Lots of bands write such songs, but few are written that anyone wants to hear more than once. The rhythm section packs a wallop and swings like a monster. McGee's voice delivers lyrics that avoid cliches. His strings of word are of the smart, multilayered variety that rewards listeners.
-Aaron Beck, The Columbus Dispatch

Earwig is unstoppable. Born of the Columbus, Ohio underground over a decade ago, these power-pop mainstays have no reservations about their work, or the life of it; music is just what they do. And front-man Lizard McGee may make it seem simple, like all this songwriting and producing and promoting is just in a morning's work, but make no mistake: There's some serious skill here. "Center of the Earth," the band's third release on the self-operated LFM Records, is a glorious departure from the tried-and-true, a powerful creation bred both of hope and discontent, wistfulness and fear.
-Mollie Wells, UWeekly

Raw, low budget and unrefined but the melodies and story-telling - those precious commodities so few artists have ever been able to successfully combine - tantalize underneath, like the bubblegum at the center of a lollipop. Quality like Earwig should never be allowed to end.
-Jeff Burlingame, ITunes

Columbus, Ohio's Earwig has a sound that perfectly embodies the strength and spirit of "indie". Focused , high energy pop.
- Outside The Mainstream

'Center Of The Earth' features the hit single "Used Kids" , a poppy punk-ish ballad that has been melting hipster hearts with regular rotation airplay on Columbus' Mega WWCD101 radio since mid-December.
-Athens News, January 2007

Live, Earwig's sound lies somewhere between harmonious power-pop and bombastic guitar crunch...a nice change of pace from most of what you hear on the radio today.
- The Other Paper

Hailing from right here in Columbus, the alternative rock band, Earwig, has made the city proud. While they still wait for their big breakout into the music industry, Earwig has been featured in many critics' best-of lists. They might not be household names, but Earwig still has a following, and that was apparent by the sold-out 1,700+ strong audience singing along to almost every song, especially their most popular song, "Used Kids."
-Katie Dobrowolski, UWeekly

"Used Kids," is a standout from an album chock full of exceedingly catchy pop-rock tunes. The song remains among the station's most requested songs at WWCD101.
- Columbus Alive May 10th, 2007

Earwig is a high energy, stripped down, underground-rock, three piece with emotionally intelligent lyrics. They straddle the line between reckless rock and roll mayhem and deliberate organized song crafting. The Who and Nirvana both come to mind.
- Crooks

Every once in a while a band comes along that changes your life. Earwig is that band. They are one of the best underground bands in America today.
- Chattanooga Free Press

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