Inspiral Carpets are an indie rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt in 1986. The band is named after a clothing shop on their Oldham estate. Their sound is based around psychedelic keyboards and jangly shaped guitars. Schoolfriends Lambert and Holt recruited drummer Craig Gill, and after various other members had come and gone, they were joined by bassist David Swift and organist Clint Boon (whose Ashton-under-Lyne studio the band had been using for rehearsals).