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About Me

Spleen is the occasional recording band of Rob Ellis. The band have produced three albums; Two on the Bristol-based Swarffinger label, the first entitled “Soundtrack to Spleen” released in June 1996. The second “Little Scratches” released in June 1998, supported by two shows in that month at the Thekla in Bristol and The Garage at Highbury Corner in London. A third album “Nun lover!” was released in December 2006 on Load-up records in Italy followed by a release on Terry Edward’s Sartorial label in the UK and US in October 2007. For a complete discography and more detailed background etc. please visit www.robellis.net or www.myspace.com/sartorialrecords and www.myspace.com/loaduprecords

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Member Since: 5/3/2006
Band Website: robellis.net
Band Members: "Nun Lover!" line-up (2005); Rob Ellis(vocals,drums,electric piano,percussion,fake instruments) Cristiano Godano(guitar) Josh Klinghoffer(guitar,drums electric piano,percussion,fake instruments) Giorgio Vendola(double bass)

"Little Scratches" line-up (1998); Rob Ellis (vocals, drums, piano, keyboards, violin, cello, fake instruments) Tim Farthing (vocals) Lou Ciccotelli ( drums, percussion, vocals) Jo Meiris (vocals) Matt Barge (trumpet) Pascal Humbert (bass) John Parish (guitar, dobro) Terry Edwards (saxophones, trumpet) Pinky Maclure (vocals) Steve Vaughan (bass) Fabienne Audeoud (vocals)

"Soundtrack to Spleen" line-up (1996) Rob Ellis (vocals, drums, piano, keyboards, fake instruments) Polly Harvey (vocals, sound effects) Matt Barge (trumpet) Tim Farthing (vocals) Terry Edwards (saxophones) Mike Smith (saxophones, clarinet) John Parish (guitar, percussion) Sharon Lewis & Natasha Jones (vocals, guitars) Brendan Ashe (conductor) Steve Vaughan ( double bass, samples) Chas Dickie (cello) Stewart Greaves (santur) Davey Goldsworthy (vocals) Sammy Hurden & Jess Upton (vocals) Tony Pooley (violin) David Hedges (viola) Martyn Owen (double bass) The Rest Sextet (strings)
Influences: Alcohol
Sounds Like: ...they're drunk
Record Label: Sartorial/Load-up/Swarffinger
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Spleen "Nun Lover!" cd US availability

For those who have been troubled by the Spleen tradition of releases being impossible to find and purchase, we have been reliably informed that a copy of "Nun lover!" has recently been purchased from ...
Posted by Spleen on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:36:00 PST

NME review 6th October 2007

" Once you're aware that Spleen is the outlet for long-standing PJ Harvey band member Rob Ellis, the hairs on your neck should stand to attention. 'Nun lover!' will have you invoking the avant-garde v...
Posted by Spleen on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:17:00 PST

UK and US Nun lover! release

Nun lover! will be released in the UK on October 1st 2007 on Sartorial records distributed through Cargo, and will be available through all good indie retailers... with a simultameous release in the U...
Posted by Spleen on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:43:00 PST

Buy Nun lover!

Do buy Nun Lover! through Sartorial (in the UK and US) and Load-up (in Italy) Myspace sites (see "Top friends") Thank you very much!
Posted by Spleen on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:53:00 PST