Song 149 - This is how it feels - Inspiral Carpets

Following on from The Stones Roses, I have to Inspiral Carpets and This is how it feels. Why? Because that how the songs played on the mix tape that I nicked from my sister! Also, Inspiral Carpets is another awesome bands from the Madchester, which defines the end of the 1980s/ early 1990s for me.

Released in 1990, This is how it feels peaked at number 14 in the UK single chart, which was the first time the band had entered the charts with a single. Formed in 1983 (there's a pattern emerging for the bands I have been choosing in the last few days), Inspiral Carpets consisted of Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt, who had been friends from school.  Their sound is characterised by psychedelic influences such as organ playing and distorted guitars. Inspiral Carpets' fame though peeked in 1990s, with their album Life coming out shortly after their single success and reaching number 2 in the album chart.  After 1990 the band did not manage to secure similar success with their singles and were eventually dropped by their record label in 1992 and the band split up.

However, after a period of nearly 15 years, the band reformed in 2007 and in 2011 returned to its original format and are still touring to their own beat and delighting old and new fans alike.

To hear This is how it feels
Inspiral Carpets' This is how it feels

Written by Clint Boon
Released: 1992
Album: Life