Spleen United "Neanderthal" (2008)

Neanderthal
release date: Jan. 21, 2008
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5] [2,88]
producer: Michael Patterson and Spleen United
label: Copenhagen Records - nationality: Denmark

Track highlights: 1. "Suburbia" (3,5 / 5) - 2. "My Tribe" (3,5 / 5) - 5. "Everybody Wants Revenge"

2nd studio album by Spleen United sees the band turn to a stronger indietronica style. The album starts off really promising with the two best tracks on the album and then fades out.
Again, the band really has a feel for great tunes but the album just turns out rather inconsistent, and I must admit that I found that the two best bands of the genre were Turboweekend and Veto with Spleen United appearing more international, more artsy, and in a broader perspective: more promising. However, they do not accomplish what they sat out for, and this second effort just runs out in the sand.
[ Gaffa.dk 4 / 5 stars ]

Spleen United "Spleen United" (2005)

Godspeed Into the Mainstream [debut]
release date: Sep. 12, 2005
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,38]
producer: Carsten Heller
label: Copenhagen Records - nationality: Denmark

Track highlights: 1. "Heroin Unltd" - 2. "In Peak Fitness Condition" - 4. "Come on Figures" - 5. "Spleen United" (4 / 5)

Studio debut album by Danish synth and indietronica band Spleen United (formed 2002, Aarhus) consisting of Bjarke Niemann on vocals and guitar, Gaute Niemann on bass and synthesizer, Kasper Nørlund on synthesizer and backing vocals, Rune Wehner on synthesizer, and Jens Kinch on drums.
I simply bought the album upon its release after listening to the promotional single Spleen United but the rest is nowhere near that making it an interesting album above the mediocre - an all-in-all promising debut. No more, no less.
In hindsight, however, this remains the band's best effort.
[ Gaffa.dk 3 / 5 stars ]