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The Splitters is a Croatian rock band composed of four members: Josip Senta, Marko Komić, Petar Senta and Antonio Komić.

History

The Splitters were formed in 2017 in Split, Croatia. They started performing their original songs at various festivals such as the ST@rt festival in Split and the West Herzegowina Festival in Široki Brijeg. The band's debut album Love Sucks was released on 7 April 2018. It was only available via SoundCloud and contained English language songs.

In early 2019 the band signed a record deal with Croatia Records and since then they have been writing Croatian language songs. Their second studio album and first to be recorded in Croatian, Izvedi me van, was released on 2 July 2020.

At the 69th edition of the Zagreb Festival in 2022 they performed the song "Izgubljeni grad". The Splitters were one of the 18 participants in Dora 2023, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry, coming fourth with the song "Lost and Found". The band was among the 24 participants in Dora 2024 with the song "Od kad te sanjam"; they did not qualify for the final.

Band members

All members have been the same since the band formed in 2017.

• Josip Senta – vocals, bass guitar (2017–present)
• Marko Komić – guitar 2017–present)
• Petar Senta – rhythm guitar, vocals (2017–present)
• Antonio Komić – drums (2017–present)

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

1. Gabrijela Radanović (8 August 2020). "Upoznajte splitski bend The Splitters koji čine dva para braće" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
2. "The Splitters otvorio, Nina Badrić zatvorila prvu večer 16. izdanje West Herzegowina Festa" (in Croatian). Široki Brijeg Info. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
3. ^ "The Splitters u splitskom klubu Zenta promovira album "Love Sucks"" (in Croatian). Treći svijet. March 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
4. Barbara Grgić (14 April 2021). "The Splitters: Pjesme lišene žanrovske podloge najljepša su ostvarenja hrvatske glazbe" (in Croatian). Beli Zagreb Grad. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
5. Karlo Rafaneli (17 August 2020). "The Splitters: Izvedi me va – dalmatinski Kings of Leon u potrazi za radiovalovima" (in Croatian). Music Box. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
6. Nino Kolenić (21 April 2022). "The Splitters - Snimali su u Abbey Roadu, a na koncert su im došli i policajci!" (in Croatian). glazba.hr. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
7. Granger, Anthony (9 December 2023). "Croatia: Dora 2023 Participants Announced". eurovoix. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
8. "Croatia 2024: HRT reveal the 'Dora' lineup". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
9. "Splitska dica u Zenti: Go Lilly, La Volpe i The Splitters" (in Croatian). Mixeta. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
10. Peak positions in Croatia:
    • For "Izgubljeni grad": "HR TOP 40 Week 14 2022" (in Croatian). top-lista. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
    • For "Svjetlost": "HR TOP 40 Week 11 2023" (in Croatian). top-lista. 20 March 2023. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

External links

• The Splitters discography at Discogs

• Croatian rock music groups
• Croatian pop music groups
• Musical groups established in 2019
• 2019 establishments in Croatia