The Earwigs performing reunion show on Sept. 6 in Huntington Beach; limited edition reissue of the band's lost debut album on vinyl

The Earwigs in the early 1980s.

Years before he gained fame as a beloved award-winning Americana singer-songwriter, Michael Ubaldini and his teenage band The Earwigs recorded an album and single in 1981. The Southern California-based Earwigs blended 1960s blues-rock and '70s punk into a riotous brew that preceded Australian outfit the Vines, Ireland's The Strypes and England's Arctic Monkeys by more than a generation.

A lone 45 RPM single was released from The Earwigs' earliest recording sessions in January 1982 ("She's So Naive"/"Here Come The Earwigs"), but the full album was never released, gathering dust on analog reel to reel tapes...until now. 

On Saturday, Sept. 6, 202, The Earwigs will stage an album release reunion at Mambas in Huntington Beach, CA (learn more about that concert event HERE), celebrating the release of The Earwigs - Orange County 1981: The Lost Debut Album via a limited edition vinyl pressing. The first two pressings sold out in a mere five days via pre order and each pressing of 100 copies of the album is produced in a different color.

"There is a ton of excitement around it," Ubaldini said of the long-awaited release of the full-length Earwigs album. "I'm blown away."

Record shops in Japan and the United Kingdom are stocking the album, and a number of stores in the band's hometown region of Orange County, California are also stocking the album:

Vinyl Solution in Huntington Beach

Left Of The Dial in Orange

Dr. Freeclouds in Fountain Valley 

Creme Tangerine in Costa Mesa

Factory Records in Costa Mesa

Blind Dog Hi Fi in Costa Mesa

Music lovers can also order the album HERE.

To learn more about The Earwigs and the album, visit HERE.

Visit The Earwigs' Instagram page HERE.

Robert Kinsler