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Oldham’s Inspiral Carpets return with a cow-shaped splash - releasing their first ever digital only album; a collection of rarities called Keep The Circle, on Mute records.

With the definitive band line-up of Tom Hingley, Clint Boon, Craig 'Noddy' Gill, Martyn Walsh and Graham Lambert, the band celebrated the release of the new collection by embarking on an eight date tour that included London's Shepherd's Bush Empire - the Inspirals first date in London since their sold out shows in 2003.

The tour coincides with the release of the new exclusive digital album, Keep The Circle. The album comprises the flip sides of their 13 Top 40 singles and various rarities featuring, amongst others, a previously unreleased version of Saturn 5 - featuring Mark E Smith of The Fall - and the first ever Inspiral Carpets recording: Garage Full of Flowers - previously only available as a limited release flexi disc back in 1988 and on the cassette/demo Dung 4 – around the same time..

This year also sees the release on DVD of the group’s legendary 1990 G-Mex show in Manchester where the band performed to 14,000 fans following the release of the timeless debut album Life which had just peaked at number 2 in the album chart.

Singles Band

One of Britain's great singles bands, Inspiral Carpets are the boys that famously gave Noel Gallagher (Oasis) his rock n roll schooling - as their roadie - but more importantly, introduced the mainstream to ‘Madchester’ with a bevy of pop anthems - including the hits Joe, Caravan, I Want You, Saturn 5 and This Is How It Feels, among many many more...

The full Keep The Circle tracklisting looks like this: Garage Full of Flowers (Debris flexi version), Commercial Rain, Directing Traffic, So Far, Planecrash, Out of Time, Move In, Tune For A Family, Seeds Of Doubt, Goldtop, I'll Keep It In Mind, Skidoo, Lost In Space, St. Kilda, The Wind Is Calling Your Name, St Kilda (Instrumental), I Know I'm Losing You, Boomerang, It's Only A Paper Moon, I'm Alive, Saturn 5 (featuring. Mark E Smith from The Fall). Well of Seven Heads. Two Cows Going Down, We Can Do Everything, Inside of You and Cobra (the ‘Satanic Wurlie’ mix).

Inspiral Carpets – a selected discography

Garage Full Of Flowers – 7” single (1987)
Keep The Circle Around – 7” single (1988)
Planecrash EP – 12” single (1988) – featuring original ‘Carpets vocalist Stephen Holts on lead vocals
Dung4 – Cassette only (1989)
Trainsurfing EP – 12” single (1989)
Butterfly - 7" single (1989)
Joe - 7" & 12” single (1989), CD version (1990)
The Peel Sessions - 7", 12” & CD (1989)
Find Out Why – 7”, 12” & CD (1989), CD version (1990)
Move - 7", 12” & CD (1989)
This Is How It Feels – 7”, 12” and CD (1990) CD & 12” Extended Mixes (1990)
Life – CD and LP vinyl album (1990)
She Comes In The Fall/Commercial Rain – 7”, 12” and CD single (1990)
Island Head E.P – 7”, 12”, CD and Cassette single (1990)
Island Head E.P. – 12” Live limited edition (1990) – also as a double CD pack including extra remixes.
Caravan – 7”, 12” & CD single and remixes disc. (1991)
The Beast Inside – CD, Cassette and vinyl album (1991)
Please Be Cruel – 7”, Cassette, 12” and CD single and remixes disc. (1991)
Dragging Me Down – 7”, 12”, CD and Cassette (1992)
Two Worlds Collide – 7”, 12” and CD, remixes included M-People mix and Philip Erb Dub Edit (1992)
Peel Session – CD and 10” vinyl (1992)
Generations – 7”, 12”, CD and Cassette single (1992)
Revenge Of The Goldfish – LP, CD and Cassette album (1992)
Bitches Brew – 12”, remix 12” and Cassette – original release includes cover of Soft Cell’s Tainted Love. CD variant included Bitches Brew, Dragging Me Down, Smoking Her Clothes and Fire Live at Glasgow Barrowlands. (1992)
How It Should Be – 7”, Cassette, 12” and CD.
Saturn 5 – 7”, 12”, Cassette and CD single. Variant CDs featured remixes. (1994)
I Want You – 7”, Cassette, 12” and CD single, featuring The Fall’s Mark E. Smith on second vocals. (1994)
Devil Hopping – LP, CD, limited edition 10” vinyl and Cassette album (1994)
Uniform – 7”, Cassette and CD single, plus a wide variety of remixes, including one by Collapsed Lung. (1994)
Just Wednesday – 7” single (1995)
The Singles - CD and double vinyl album (1995)
Cool As - Double audio CD and single DVD set (2003)
Inspiral Carpets Live At The Brixton Academy - DVD (2004)

Check out more Inspirals mania - including streaming video of classic tracks - at the Inspiral Carpets' home on myspace: www.myspace.com/inspirals

Keep The Circle: B Sides & Udder Stuff is out now as an exclusive digital release from Mute records. Photo credit: Ian Tilton.

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