Spender

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Are you a Modern Pest?

“Imagine Damon Albarn raised on a diet of Prince and Spoon and you’ll begin to understand what elevates Spender’s songs to the next level is not just the writing, but the execution." Tone Deaf

From busking the streets of melbourne with a rusty old saxophone, to fronting bands at Splendour in the grass and falls festival, Tommy Spender’s bio reads like a Hunter S Thompson novel, but with music replacing all of the hard drugs. In the last 2 decades, he has immersed himself in Melbourne’s music scene, in between traversing the country to play, record and produce his own brand of seductive soul power. By day Spender writes and records music for tv and radio commercials, produces bands and teaches primary school kids garage band. But at night, Spender climbs into a musical crawlspace inspired by the likes of Damon Albarn, Prince and Leonard Bernstein. In here, he creates the perfect space for storytelling and isn’t afraid to employ any instrument, effect or program to make his point. Covering saxophones, guitars, percussion, basses, harmonicas, voices and laptops. He can also whistle like nothing you might have heard before.

This is a compelling and unique world and it’s starting to attract a lot of attention. In part, this is due to a close circle of musical collaborators that includes some of australia’s most respected artists, such as gotye, clairy browne, mphazes, mama kin, ainslie wills, and dune it is these passionate compadres that have assisted in the recording of spender’s debut ep modern pest, delivering a masterpiece of eclecticism and a scrapbook of thoughts that spans a lifetime, several cities and a fistful of genres. It’s a long way from the days of busking by the Yarra with a rusty old saxophone, but in many ways the song remains the same. As Hunter S Thompson once said;“..buy the ticket, take the ride.”
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Top tracks

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PAPÀ (il mostro)
Spender
PAPÀ (il mostro)
02:59
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Francesco Micarelli - Riccardo Rigillo
02
Air Between Us
Mama Kin
Golden Magnetic
03:31
Composers: Danielle Caruana - Tom Spender

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  • Discography
Albums
A Warner Music Italy release, ℗ 2025 Warner Music Italy
21-02-2025
TOSSICO
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TOSSICO (feat. INCE)
Spender
TOSSICO
02:19
Writer: Gianluca Lisci - Simone Liberatori / Composers: Riccardo Rigillo
02
LA FABBRICA DEI SOGNI
Spender
TOSSICO
02:25
Writer: Francesco Gargantini Mezzena - Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Gabriele Paolo Samà - Giuseppe Federico Alagna
03
NUOVA RAGAZZA (feat. Elmatadormc7)
Spender
TOSSICO
02:37
Writer: Dylan Nicolas Potenza - Ganluca Lisci / Composers: Riccardo Rigillo
04
COME VA?
Spender
TOSSICO
03:01
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Riccardo Rigillo
05
VIRUS
Spender
TOSSICO
01:51
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Andrea Caldieri - Francesco De Rosa
06
SEI SU SETTE
Spender
TOSSICO
02:27
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Giuseppe Federico Alagna
07
LA SAGA DEL CLONE (feat. Glasond, Hammon)
Spender
TOSSICO
03:10
Writer: Francesco D'Alessandro - Gianluca Lisci - Matteo Bisignano / Composers: Riccardo Rigillo
2023 VIRAL MUSIC CONTROL, distributed by ADA Music Italy
24-03-2023
TUTTA COLPA DI SPENDER
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Godmode
Spender
TUTTA COLPA DI SPENDER
01:22
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
02
Peccato Originale
Spender
TUTTA COLPA DI SPENDER
02:27
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
03
Tutta Colpa Di Spender
Spender
TUTTA COLPA DI SPENDER
02:29
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù - Riccardo Rigillo
04
Boom Boom Boom
Spender
TUTTA COLPA DI SPENDER
02:14
Writer: Gianluca Lisci - Marco Frustaci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
05
Politicamente Corretto
Spender
TUTTA COLPA DI SPENDER
02:25
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
06
OnlyFans
Spender
TUTTA COLPA DI SPENDER
02:34
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù - Riccardo Rigillo
07
8 Marzo
Spender
TUTTA COLPA DI SPENDER
02:42
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
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3020
27-08-2021
Viral 2
01
ALTALENA
Spender
Viral 2
02:37
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
02
UNLOCK THE SWAG
Spender
Viral 2
02:54
Writer: Matteo Giovanni Amarù - Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Marco Frustaci
03
DADDY
Spender
Viral 2
01:34
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
04
HOES & BITCHES 2
Spender
Viral 2
02:37
Writer: Gianluca Lisci - Emanuele D'Annunzio / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
05
MINACCIA (RMX)
Spender
Viral 2
01:57
Writer: Daniele Wandja - Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
06
DISLIKE
Spender
Viral 2
01:38
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
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GRAZIE AL CAZZO
Spender
Viral 2
02:35
Writer: Gianluca Lisci - Manuel Alejandro Torres Garcia / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
Immature Content
29-05-2020
Cleaneria Airlines
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Cleaneria Airlines
Spender
Cleaneria Airlines
01:39
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
02
1234
Spender
Cleaneria Airlines
02:08
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Gianluca Lisci
03
Pippo
Spender
Cleaneria Airlines
02:14
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù - Manuel Alejandro Torres Garcia - Paolo Generosi
04
Pietro
Spender
Cleaneria Airlines
01:14
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
05
Pollo
Spender
Cleaneria Airlines
02:17
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
06
Brazzers
Spender
Cleaneria Airlines
02:38
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
07
27 Alive
Spender
Cleaneria Airlines
02:26
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Giovanni Amarù
A Warner Music Italy release, ℗ 2019 Warner Music Italy
18-01-2019
Lo zimbello del quartiere
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S.P.E.N.D.E.R.
Spender
Lo zimbello del quartiere
01:37
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Flavio Moriconi
02
Ya
Spender
Lo zimbello del quartiere
02:00
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Lorenzo Trupia
03
Andare a squola
Spender
Lo zimbello del quartiere
01:58
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Paolo Generosi
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Ferrari
Spender
Lo zimbello del quartiere
02:20
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Flavio Moriconi - Paolo Generosi
05
Swarovski (feat. YOUNGGUCCI)
Spender
Lo zimbello del quartiere
02:33
Writer: Gabriele Brienza - Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Lorenzo Trupia
06
Immaturo
Spender
Lo zimbello del quartiere
02:09
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Flavio Moriconi
07
Superman
Spender
Lo zimbello del quartiere
02:04
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Flavio Moriconi - Paolo Generosi
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(P) 2018 Mama Kin Spender
23-02-2018
Golden Magnetic
01
Water and Fire
Mama Kin
Golden Magnetic
03:42
Composers: Danielle Caruana - Tom Spender
02
Air Between Us
Mama Kin
Golden Magnetic
03:31
Composers: Danielle Caruana - Tom Spender
03
Underground
Mama Kin
Golden Magnetic
04:00
Composers: Danielle Caruana
04
Sweet Eddie
Mama Kin
Golden Magnetic
03:16
Composers: Danielle Caruana - Tom Spender
05
Carry Me
Mama Kin
Golden Magnetic
05:39
Composers: Danielle Caruana
06
Deep Below
Mama Kin
Golden Magnetic
04:12
Composers: Danielle Caruana - Tom Spender
07
Dotted Line
Mama Kin
Golden Magnetic
02:30
Composers: Danielle Caruana - Tom Spender
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EPs
Spender, distribuited by Guna
01-02-2021
Viral
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Viral
Spender
Viral
01:31
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Amaru
02
Peeriodt
Spender
Viral
02:22
Writer: Gianluca Lisci - Marco Frustaci / Composers: Matteo Amaru
03
Hoes and bitches
Spender
Viral
02:17
Writer: Gianluca Lisci - Emanuele D'Annunzio / Composers: Matteo Amaru
04
Lackin (Remix)
Spender
Viral
03:07
Writer: Gianluca Lisci - Marco Frustaci - Francesco Antonio D'Alessandro / Composers: Matteo Amaru - Manuel Alejandro Torres Garcia
05
Barney stinson
Spender
Viral
01:43
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Matteo Amaru
06
Same
Spender
Viral
03:01
Writer: Gianluca Lisci / Composers: Manuel Alejandro Torres Garcia
Mama Kin Spender
09-04-2020
Are You Listening?
01
What's Wrong With Me?
Mama Kin
Are You Listening?
04:23
02
Eye Of The Storm
Mama Kin
Are You Listening?
03:34
03
Blue Belle
Mama Kin
Are You Listening?
04:54
04
The Road
Mama Kin
Are You Listening?
04:04
2013 Spender
12-07-2013
Modern Pest EP
01
Peace Of Your Mind - via Clairy Browne
Spender
Modern Pest EP
03:58
02
Never Again
Spender
Modern Pest EP
04:04
03
Hotel Home - via Gotye
Spender
Modern Pest EP
04:13
04
Magic Man
Spender
Modern Pest EP
03:43
05
Bed & Chair
Spender
Modern Pest EP
03:09
06
Too Hot To Sleep, Too Cold to Hold
Spender
Modern Pest EP
02:07
Singles
2025 Mama Kin Spender
13-06-2025
Arrows
01
Arrows
Mama Kin
Arrows
03:57
Writer: Dingo Spender - Danielle Caruana / Composers: Dingo Spender - Danielle Caruana
2025 Mama Kin Spender
24-04-2025
Promises
01
Promises
Mama Kin
Promises
05:54
Writer: Thomas Spender - Danielle Caruana / Composers: Thomas Spender - Danielle Caruana
2025 Mama Kin Spender
14-02-2025
Use Somebody - Up Close Version
01
Use Somebody - Up Close Version
Mama Kin
Use Somebody - Up Close Version
03:03
Writer: Jared Followill - Caleb Followill - Matthew Followill - Nathan Followill / Composers: Jared Followill - Caleb Followill - Matthew Followill - Nathan Followill
2025 Mama Kin Spender
10-01-2025
Rescue - Up Close Version
01
Rescue - Up Close Version
Mama Kin
Rescue - Up Close Version
04:44
Writer: Danielle Caruana / Composers: Danielle Caruana
℗ 2024 ICXNIC Tha Mayne
25-12-2024
Breather
01
Breather
Spender
Breather
02:03
Writer: Spender
2024 Mama Kin Spender
06-12-2024
Send My Love - Up Close Version
01
Send My Love - Up Close Version
Spender
Send My Love - Up Close Version
03:36
Writer: Max Martin - Karl Johan Schuster - Adele Adkins / Composers: Max Martin - Karl Johan Schuster - Adele Adkins