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Spacemakers is the debut album by unsigned progressive rock band Fear the Earwig. The album consists of ten tracks, that were written and recorded in the space of just three months. In total, the album stands at 33.49 in length.

Background
Fear the Earwig, formed April 2010, had previous experience in songwriting during the end of 2007, where they would pick a subject out of the blue (for instance, a poster in the school science department) and make it into a comical masterpiece. Unfortunately, the career came to a close during 2008, where they found that their comical antics had gone too far.

However, during March 2010, the idea of re-forming was bought up, and after about a month of thought, they decided to make it happen. The first song to be written was Dazzer the Spacemaker (track one on Spacemakers) by vocalist and keyboards player Jack Daynes. This was recorded shortly after, henceforth starting off a large song writing career between the band.

Concept
From the moment Dazzer the Spacemaker was written, the idea of Spacemakers was to consist of jokey and non-serious songs, much like those of their early '07 career. However as further writing and recording took place, the band began to realize their true potential, deciding to write some more meaningful and realistic songs. Out of these came Don't Go Blue, a protest song about the political dilemmas surrounding the people of Britain in everyday life and When the Sun was Shining, a psychedelic rock song that climaxes Spacemakers.

During the final recordings of Spacemakers, the band decided to alter the album so that the less meaningful songs were segregated from the more meaningful songs. To do this, they created an instrumental song named Intro to start off the second part of the album. In the end, Spacemakers consisted of two unique parts: Track 1-5 "non serious" - Track 6-10 "serious".

Side One
1."Dazzer the Spacemaker" (Daynes) 2."National Grid of Hell" 3."Hazardous Materials!" 4."Love Tale of a Man and Snail"

Side Two
5."Intro" 6."Don't Go Blue" (Kavanagh) 7."If Only" (Kavanagh) 8."Music of Today" (Daynes) 9."When the Sun was Shining" 10."Unlisted"

Personnel

 * Jack Daynes: Lead vocals, keyboards, bass, drums
 * Tom Kavanagh: Guitars, backing vocals, drums

Production

 * Arranged By Fear the Earwig
 * Produced By Jack Daynes