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Oli Spleen
@olispleen.bsky.social
Solo artist, writer & frontperson.
My latest album is “Still Life”.
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My first post on Substack, "Unspeakable Things", a piece I wrote for December's Polari Saloon event in Hastings.
Unspeakable Things
When I was six or seven, I had an awakening.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Rob Reiner 🕯️ 1947 - 2025.
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
New single with Nicky Click, out November 14th...

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Role Model, by Nicky Click & Oli Spleen
track by Nicky Click & Oli Spleen
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November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Today is Bandcamp Friday and subsequently I've made my entire digital discography available at 55% off. That means you can get all six studio albums, the EP's and all the singles for only £19.80.

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Oli Spleen
A solo artist since 2012, Oli Spleen started making music way back in 2003 with his first band The Flesh Happening.
olispleen.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Tonight Pig, Hastings, the return of SPLEEN! #hastingsgigs
July 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The return of SPLEEN

July 25th - The Pig Hastings
August 9th - The Pipeline Brighton

#spleenbrighton
July 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Seven years ago I made the only tweet of mine that went viral, with almost a thousand retweets and two-thousand-four-hundred likes. It brought all the trolls out of hiding where they used the word "woke" against me as an insult which was the first time I'd heard it used that way.
June 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
People of Hastings, Brighton, Worthing & London, I have some dates for you! 🤩

June 19th - Hastings, Printworks
July 1st - Hastings, Jenny Lind
July 12th - Worthing, Charles Dickens
July 25th - Hastings, The Pig
August 9th - Brighton, Pipeline
September 11th - London, Hope & Anchor
June 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
One week to go until our Poet Town fundraiser for The Refugee Buddy Project @salenagodden.bsky.social

DATE: Thurs 19 June, 7.30pm | VENUE: The Printworks, Hastings | COST: Free/Donation

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Poet Town: The Poetry of Hastings & Thereabouts, out September 1st.
June 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Coming up: Poet Town X Refugee Buddy Project event on June 19th, a charity gig at the Print Works, poetry, music and merriment curated and hosted by me and my bestie @olispleen.bsky.social raising the roof for Refugee Week, do come along, please share the link! www.tickettailor.com/events/poett...
💚 BIG poetry fundraiser for #RefugeeWeek The Refugee Buddy Project, June 19, The Print Works, Hastings.

It's an honour to be asked to co-host this gig with my friend @olispleen.bsky.social and fellow contributors of 'Poet Town'

Please share, donate, repost! www.tickettailor.com/events/poett...
June 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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💚 BIG poetry fundraiser for #RefugeeWeek The Refugee Buddy Project, June 19, The Print Works, Hastings.

It's an honour to be asked to co-host this gig with my friend @olispleen.bsky.social and fellow contributors of 'Poet Town'

Please share, donate, repost! www.tickettailor.com/events/poett...
June 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The return of SPLEEN, July and August dates...
May 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Get your advance tickets for our April 5th Brighton show, 20% cheaper than on the door... 🎟️

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Buy tickets – OLI SPLEEN & THE SMITHMANTHERS with guests Mishkin Fitzgerald and The Barbarian Horde – The Folklore Rooms
Alt-folk family band The Smithmanthers who live on the south coast of England compose and perform songs that journey ‘twixt the...
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March 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
March 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Today is Bandcamp Friday, the first in years since I've had new music. "Winter Wind" can be added to your collection for a pound.

For today only I've made my entire digital discography available at 55% off. Thats all six studio albums, my EP's and singles for £19.80.

olispleen.bandcamp.com
Oli Spleen
A solo artist since 2012, Oli Spleen started making music way back in 2003 with his first band The Flesh Happening.
olispleen.bandcamp.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Oli Spleen & The Smithmanthers return to Brighton's Folklore Rooms to usher in the spring with guests Mishkin Fitzgerald and The Barbarian Horde. Saturday April 5th.
February 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We have made the new single Winter Wind available on Bandcamp prior to its February 9th release. The song is a collaboration with the fantastic Steve Johnson aka Banjo.

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Winter Wind, by Oli Spleen
track by Oli Spleen
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January 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Seven years ago today my dad John Speer left this world.

He is dearly missed by his five children and his wider family and loved ones.

John Speer, 1934 - 2018.

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Oli Spleen - A Memory of a Memory (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Oli Spleen
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January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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✨Today! Sunday December 8th at 5pm! Poet Town with Oli Spleen, Merlin Betts and Salena Godden. This is part of a new anthology celebrating 200 years of Hastings poets and poetry published next year. Join us on Patreon www.patreon.com/PoetTown - #poetsofbluesky #poetry #Hastings #PoetTown
December 8, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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For this episode, @salenagodden.bsky.social and Amah-Rose were joined in the Soho Radio studio by Dean Atta, Laima Leyton, and @olispleen.bsky.social. We also had our usual round-ups from @mattabbottpoet.com.

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Episode 48 with Dean Atta, Laima Leyton & Oli Spleen by Roaring 20s Radio
Your monthly Soho Radio show for art, culture, books, poetry, and activism! Co-presented by Salena Godden, Amah-Rose Abrams, and Matt Abbott. Episode 48 features live studio appearances from Dean Atta...
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December 5, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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December 1, 2024 at 2:04 PM