» Spleen United

It takes a strong musical vision and a solid band to produce the kind of cohesive, stylistically secure debut album that Spleen United has released in Godspeed into the Mainstream. But Spleen United is indeed a band that have taken their time to create their own unique sound and style.

With an underlying tone of warm romanticism and a musical approach that can be down and dirty, hard rocking, melodious and experimental, Spleen United sounds like no other band in Denmark today. They have replaced bass and guitar with synthesizers on many of the tracks, and they insist on playing synthesizers as if they were guitars, lending an organic feel to the electronic aspects of the album. In other words, Spleen United have their own unique approach to music, and this puts them in a class of their own, right from their debut album.

Spleen United consists of brothers Bjarke and Gaute Niemann, Jens Kinch, Kasper Nørlund and Rune Wehner. This constellation of musicians did not come together in the course of a week or even a year. Like everything else in the Spleen United universe, finding the right combination was a process taking several years. The Niemann brothers grew up in the town of Jelling. Bjarke and drummer Jens Kinch became musical playmates in the first grade. Kasper Nørlund entered the picture in high school and Rune Wehner did not join the band until the others had moved to the city of Århus.

Before Spleen United became Spleen United, the band members played everything from pop to heavy rock in countless bands and other musical contexts. “We tried a bit of everything, until we finally realized that a somewhat darker mood was what worked best for us. It was also the coolest music to play!” Since the band members have known each other for so many years and played together under different names for almost as long, it is difficult to pin down exactly when Spleen United was born as a band. “The advantage we have over other bands is that we've always done our experimenting behind closed doors. We never played any really serious concerts until we'd been playing together for a long time. We must have practiced for a year and a half before we even thought about playing a concert. We had all tried playing in situations that didn't turn out to be so great, so we wanted to deliver something we believed in 100% when we finally hit the stage,” the band says.

Neanderthal
Feb 26, 2008

1. Suburbia
2. My Tribe
3. Failure 1977
4. Heat
5. Everybody Wants Revenge
6. Dominator
7. 66
8. High Rise
9. My Tribe Part II
10. Under The Sun
11. My Jungle Heart

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"Godspeed into the mainstream" is one of my favorite albums from 2005, the Danish electro unit Spleen United knows exactly how to create the perfect sound in heavy synth music with memorable pop choruses. Now, can this exciting new band deliver a new strong synth album like their impressive debut? The answer is short and simple, YES!
The new single "My tribe" opens the album with a suggestive beat and a mysterious vibe but no less, an infectious melody that wont leave your head for days and the following "Failure" is even more catchy like a walk down memory lane of the 80's AHA.

The cool synthesizers totally take over in "Suburbia" where the atmospheric sound combines the musical worlds of Depeche Mode and Muse, I don't know if there's such a term like Arena Synth but the brilliant "Heat" sure sound like it's a soundtrack for the stadiums.
"66" is a given hit or my name is Donald Duck, they should support Depeche Mode on their next world tour so the world will know about this excellent band. Synthmusic has a new face and it's name is Spleen United!