Interview with Eric Moffitt of Keepers of the Carpet

The original Keepers of the Carpet line-up, was a Rock n Roll machine! 4 guys from a small farm community in the middle of no-where northern Iowa. Tall Smith boys came and went and a few years ago you might have thought Jordan Mayland's perfect power pop group was fading into the dark, far far away from their days on the CMJ charts. But winners never quit and a couple years ago when I moved back to Ames, IA I got to see the new 5 piece Keepers of the Carpet and they blew my mind.. Keeping the history of tall attractive guitarist I saw for the first time Eric Moffitt ripping through the KOTC songs with fierce glory. Lately they have been destroying crowds with pure pop glory mixing loud distorted engines of guitars and some wonderful keys work. Whether it be on a huge stage in front of hundreds or in a sweaty basement at a keg party the band is on and I'm telling you about it before someone else does. The band just released a new single that is easily their best work yet and come fall of 2007 we finally get full-length number two from the boys. Here is the first Renee's Shoreline Interview

Eric How do you feel about being the first person I interview for Renee's Shoreline?

This is very exciting. Very similar to the feeling I got the very first time I successfully tied my shoe on my own.

Tell me a bit about how you got involved with Keepers of the Carpet?

Well, I had been somewhat of a fan. A friend of mine that I had been writing songs with had worked with jason and we ended up practicing at jason's house. We ended up going out that night, and jason and I talked about amps at the bar and somehow this led to us living together which is how I met jordan. One day keepers were practicing some new songs in our basement and I sat for a few minutes and figured them out and then went downstairs and started playing with them, and then jordan asked me if I wanted to play at the m-shop with them and I did. kind of wierd I guess, for a long time I felt like a house guest, especially when the smiths were around. now it's comfortable.

You guys have a new single out. Tell us about it?

Crazy Things/Glued. well, they are off of our upcoming full length. We kind of went into recording thinking that Crazy Things was going to be the single. And Glued is a song of jordans that has been around a few years, and really deserved to be recorded and put in the spotlight (as small as our spotlight may be). It's an awesome tune.

When can we do we get the full lenth release?

Late August or Early September, we are trying to coincide it with a fall tour.

Whats your favorite song off the first Keepers record to play?

For the longest time, I knew how those songs go, but I didn't really know how to play them. Know that I actually know how to play them, I would have to say Rooftop is my favorite to play.

How do you like living with Jordan Mayland? Do guys write much together?

Living with jordan is fun, we are both messy. We really don't write much together. Usually one of us will have a song and the other will listen through the walls and write parts to it and then about a month later we will talk about new keepers songs and be all like "hey, I heard you playing this, and I wrote this to it, and blah blah blah." There is always music flowing from our house, as both of us tend to play guitar more than we do anything else.

Tell us about your side project Wolves in the Attic, I love that shit.

Well, right now it is just me. Most of the stuff I write is not suitable for keepers, so wolves in the attic is where the rest ends up. I guess I really like playing and singing and writing. I am hoping that Wolves in the Attic will actually become a band in the fall, and will play some shows and what not. I just seem to have a hard time finding people to play with that see where I am comming from with it, which makes life miserable when you are trying to get a band together. anyone interested?

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