Six members of this North Carolina based band, piled into my kitchen elbow to knee and performed “Carpet and Tile,” from their upcoming EP Elbows up, Strings Down. Eating the Invaders usually rocks it out, plugged in, gritty with a sound that alludes to a strong Piedmont-based musical heritage and something new, dissonant and tangential. Its members have performed in countless bands over the past decade and are well-known by their accomplished peers.
Matty Sheets’ lyrics often have the hook of a great narrative and the succinct beauty of a haiku. “Carpet and Tile,” written one particularly dark evening inside the Greensboro Inn, a place you end up and not choose, is tactile music and perhaps foreshadows more great songs to come.
November 14, 2008 at 10:39 pm
amazing. simply amazing.
is that a frying pan in the back that gets a little tap action at the end?
takes me back……. ooooooohbaaaaama.
November 14, 2008 at 10:53 pm
You know how the kitchen works, lady! These are some good peeps indeed!
November 14, 2008 at 10:56 pm
thankyou thankyouthankyou thankyouthankyou thankyouthankyou thankyouthankyou thankyouthankyou thankyouthankyou thankyouthankyou thankyouthankyou thankyouthankyou thankyouthankyou thankyou
November 15, 2008 at 4:50 pm
That was a thoroughly enjoyable viewing experience
November 15, 2008 at 9:31 pm
awesome, totally awesome.
November 16, 2008 at 9:44 pm
thank you Harvey..i love it..oh yeah ummmm do you know where i can get a 70 dollar bass guitar????
November 16, 2008 at 10:32 pm
That is really cool… not only the fact that I used to work with those guys at Pieworks but how it was shot and edited. Absolutely engaging. Matty, Gino you guys are looking good.
November 17, 2008 at 12:09 am
Coming from an editor with some major skills, I’ll take that as high praise. Thanks Andy.
November 17, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Love it!
November 18, 2008 at 1:09 pm
perhaps foreshadows? perHAPS?
seriously thanks Harvey and Carolyn, Vijay, Driveway, Marshall, Barry, Gino, Voss, and everyone at Monkeywhale. I can’t stop watching Gino flip the bird to Voss right before the vocals start. Funny stuff, have you seen it?
November 18, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Great band. Great song. Great video. Thanks fellas.
December 1, 2008 at 5:46 pm
These guys are certainly weird. Not a bad song though. Whenever you guys have volunteer work for me, let me know. Let’s save this planet.
January 5, 2009 at 8:36 am
Wowsas….. You boys are all looking good… specially that Drummer… Heeeeyyy Drummer!
March 2, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Still love this one. Marshall cracks me up every time.