ALBUM REVIEW: INSPIRAL CARPETS – THE COMPLETE SINGLES

There are certain bands whose music has the power to transport you back to a particular point in your life, all it takes is a few notes, and your mind drifts into nostalgia, the days and nights out, friends you knew back then. Listening to ‘The Complete Singles’ by Inspiral Carpets I’m instantly back in […]
Tom Hingley of Inspiral Carpets fame is releasing his first single in three years for Record Store Day 2016, Saturday 16 April. All proceeds from the 7” of ‘Beggar’s Hand’ sold in Manchester and Liverpool go towards two local charities, Lifeshare in Manchester and Hope Fest in Liverpool. Both charities work with homeless people, providing […]

TOM HINGLEY TO RELEASE SINGLE FOR RECORD STORE DAY

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN AND INSPIRAL CARPETS FOR INDIE ALL DAYER

Echo and the Bunnymen and the Inspiral Carpets are the headline acts for all day indie festival at Manchester Academy on Saturday. The Gigantic Indie All Dayer Vol.2 will run across Academy 1, 2 and Club Academy on Oxford Road, kicking off at 1.30pm and running right through until 11.30pm. The festival’s main stage in […]
This is the first new material Inspiral Carpets have recorded in fifteen years after singer, Tom Hingley, departed the band in 2008 amid frustration over gigs and rumours that venue choices were dictated by Clint Boon honouring the network he had built up during his DJ career. Hingley was replaced by original singer and founder […]

Single Review: Inspiral Carpets – You’re So Good For Me