Future Kings of Spain were an Irish rock band formed in Dublin 2000 by Joey Wilson, Anton Hegarty and Bryan McMahon.

[16] On 4 September 2009, the State.ie website described how the band left a short history of themselves in a blog entitled ‘Future Kings Of Spain 2000-2009’ saying that they had in fact disbanded in June 2009.

[17][18] In September 2015, some years after the band's dissolution, Golden Plec reappraised the self-titled by debut Future Kings Of Spain and described it as "a classic".

Eli Janney from Girls Against Boys mixed the album, with Geoff Sanoff from Washington DC band Edsel engineering throughout.

[20] Released in July 2004, this EP was recorded by Lenny Frankie at Jacobs Studio in Surrey and mixed by Darren Allison (Spiritualized).

The third single from the album "This is the End" was chosen as the song of the week on The Ian Dempsey Show on Today FM[25] and was number seven in the Irish airplay charts.

[citation needed] A review on the CLUAS website stated that: "...given the headaches involved in ensuring its release, this could have been the Future Kings of Spain’s Smile.

The band recorded their debut album with producer Ronan McHugh at the home studio of Def Leppard's Joe Elliott.