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Spleen have been around since 2019 and now comprises Samuele Riccucci on guitar and vocals, Matteo Innocenti on drums and backing vocals, Olmo Fantini on guitar and backing vocals, and Alberto Sanna on bass.
A brave move to cover such a classic song by the mighty XTC and it could fail spectacularly (just listen to Robbie Williams’s botched attempt!) and as frontman Samuele says, “The idea behind the video is the same as the one behind the XTC song… trying to escape from the impositions that life puts in front of you.”
Luckily Spleen give this song a nice bit of punk rock guitar clout and looks like the video was a hoot to make too. Good effort lads!
Oh, and Nigel is still working at British Steel…
Review by Jason Ritchie
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