"Is it too much?"

Moose Blood frontman Eddy Brewerton is referring to the words “Pups”€, permanently inked and evidently fresh, adjacent to his right ear. We’re sitting outside a friendly pub on the King’€™s Mile in the picturesque city of Canterbury located deep inside the Garden of England, as Brewerton continues to sheepishly point out his array of Moose Blood related tattoos.

“€œI’€™ve got the band’€™s initials on the side of my hand,”€ he announces as he reveals the letters M and B in script, complete with the band’€™s signature heart. Perhaps most tellingly, if the album-track title on the side of his face wasn’€™t evidence enough, Brewerton lifts his trouser leg a little, uncovering the first name of bandmate Mark Osborne in tiny, if not unsubtle, writing on the front of his ankle. “He has my name too,”€ he laughs.

Bold steps. Brewerton clearly has his heart fully embedded in Moose Blood. So much so that his belief and passion for his band, and his fellow bandmates, are visible to all for the rest of his life. For the self-confessed press-shy vocalist, it marks yet another determined milestone in both his career and his personal life, having recently wed, and acquired a young step-daughter.

For many, marriage and starting a family may mean the end of a budding music career. “Probably not the best time to quit my job and head on tour,”€ Brewerton cautiously jokes as he speaks of his imminent plans. Quitting his day job, however, is at the forefront of his mind. In fact, every band member is about to take the same step.

Moose Blood are about to properly go for it.

“€œI€’ve played in bands since I was 14.”€ Brewerton begins to explain why Moose Blood feels like the right band to take forward, following stints in underground hardcore heroes Burn Down Rome and Harbours.

“I was bored of writing hardcore songs. Moose Blood was literally just me in my bedroom when I moved back with my mum. I had ‘Bukowski’€™, ‘€˜Evening Coffee’, another song we didn’€™t use and a little bit of ‘€˜Drive’ recorded at home. I only started it as a fun band at home. It wasn’€™t meant to be a band that was more important to me than any other. It kind of just worked, and then things happened.”

Despite his immediate aversion to discussing the band’€™s success, Brewerton is clearly taken aback by the months that followed the release of the predominantly home-grown debut EP, ‘€˜Moving Home’€™. Having racked in mainstream radio plays, including recent airtime on Zane Lowe’€™s Radio 1 show,€“ (“€œI didn’€™t even know it was happening, we found out afterwards on Twitter,”€ Brewerton exclaims with a smile),€“ Moose Blood have now found themselves on game-changing gig line-ups, soon to hit the road with his heroes Seahaven and Balance & Composure.

“€œWe have people come up to us, normally old friends, saying we must be enjoying fame, but until pretty much now, nothing has changed. Nothing feels different. We go into work each day and then go practice in a little room in Whitstable,”€ he notes.

But all that is about to change. Moose Blood are on the verge of releasing their already critically-acclaimed debut full-length, ‘€˜I’€™ll Keep You In Mind From Time To Time’€™, and are leaving their old lives behind them. For Brewerton and his new family, it’€™s not the easiest of moves.

“€œPetrified,” Brewerton responds behind a nervous laugh when conversation turns to the impending change. “I’€™ve got a family to pay for!” Yet his nervous laughter only tells one side of the story. For a man who is in equal parts excited and terrified, the backing of his family means everything. Brewerton oozes with pride as he speaks of his new wife’€™s belief in him, and her ability to push him forward.

Family is everything to Brewerton, perhaps even more so than music. “€œIt’€™s what I call my dad,”€ he comments on the new face tattoo before mentioning it as an album track. Single ‘€˜Anyway’ speaks of his mother, while ‘€˜Cherry’€™, the opening track on the record, is also a reference to his new daughter, complete with the line, “€œlook at me now, I’m engaged to be married. I’€™m only 23 and I’€™ve got myself a family.”

It forms a major part of the record’€™s influence. As one of the primary lyricists, Brewerton accepts that a lot of ‘€˜I’€™ll Keep You In Mind…’€€™ is immensely personal. With family acting as such a driving force, and despite the humbling support behind him, he remains cripplingly aware of the magnitude of his decision. “It’€™s the most scared of anything I’€™ve ever been ever,”€ he notes, adding “€œapart from proposing”€ with little hesitation.

From here, his life is largely in the hands of the new record. ‘€˜I’€™ll Keep You In Mind…’€™ has steadily been building up a buzz, following Moose Blood being picked up by No Sleep Records,€“ a label whose only previous band from the UK has been former split-EP buddies Departures. Having headed off to Los Angeles to create the record, something Brewerton still finds difficult to comprehend, it is now out of their control.

At least for the time being, Brewerton remains guarded. He expresses his pride towards the record, something mirrored by all bands in the build-up to their debut release, yet there’€™s an unmistakable sense of disbelief in everything he says. “€œNothing big has happened for us,”€ he reflects, “but every little thing is such a big deal for us.”

This disbelief is evidence of Brewerton’€™s attitude. He’s dedicated, commenting on his addiction to writing music, yet remains a realist. There’€™s no milestones in his mind as far as Moose Blood is concerned. There are things that he wants to achieve, but he’€™s placing as little pressure on these as possible at this stage. Having travelled state-side already, and now preparing to head into Europe with arguably two of the most exciting bands in music, Brewerton is keen not to jinx anything.

The decision to leave work is a necessary one for him. It’€™s a major step, but it’€™s not unwarranted. Moose Blood are about to fully unleash themselves on the world. Ultimately, this decision is made more exciting by Brewerton’€™s careful consideration. This isn’€™t an easy step, it’€™s not on a whim; this is a serious career decision following discussions with everyone close to him, from band to family. With that, there’s much more fuel in the fire.

For Brewerton, that fuel may be coffee. “€œYou can go on a night out in LA, it gets to midnight or one o’€™clock and you can still go get a coffee. That blew my mind!”

Now Moose Blood find themselves on the brink of substantially more mind-blowing moments.