Speaker Bite Me

Danish experimental pop outfit Speaker Bite Me were active in their country's alternative/indie rock scene through the late '90s and early 2000s, releasing a series of well-received albums in both Danish and English on several different labels and earning the tag "the Danish <a href="spotify:artist:5UqTO8smerMvxHYA5xsXb6">Sonic Youth</a>." They took an extensive hiatus after their fourth full-length, 2001's 4 Days in September, during which time several members busied themselves with solo projects: Signe Høirup Wille-Jørgenson, an artist, curator, and political columnist as well as a musician, but best known to English audiences as a vocalist with Luke Sutherland's <a href="spotify:artist:601boTu6qklh4ZTIZr939w">Bows</a>, released several albums as Jomi Massage, while singer, guitarist, and pianist <a href="spotify:artist:5WpABfndxiNNI4DvmGyIvm">Martin Ryum</a> released Uden Garanti under his own name in 2004. Speaker Bite Me returned to national attention with 2007's acclaimed Action Painting, an amalgam of off-kilter pop, dance, and avant-garde rock incorporating lyrical hooks snatched from <a href="spotify:artist:0k17h0D3J5VfsdmQ1iZtE9">Pink Floyd</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1aSxMhuvixZ8h9dK9jIDwL">Kate Bush</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5a2EaR3hamoenG9rDuVn8j">Prince</a> (a disparate yet telling collection of touchstones) -- as well as a highly unorthodox rendition of <a href="spotify:artist:1P9syEkl41IFowWIJN7ZBY">Pete Seeger</a>'s "Where Have All the Flowers Gone." A host of artists including <a href="spotify:artist:7xNPROyVfkH4mcIxxCxySm">Junior Senior</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:640m5tZB5d0TGU9H0F1Saf">Oh No Ono</a> contributed to an MP3-only mini-album of Action Painting remixes later that year. ~ K. Ross Hoffman, Rovi