Broken Spindles

{{Short description|American band}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Broken Spindles

| image = Brokenspindles.jpg

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| origin = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Indie rock
• electronic
• synth-pop
• trip hop

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| years_active = 2001–2011

| label = Saddle Creek

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| current_members =

| past_members = Joel Petersen

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Broken Spindles was a band solely consisting of Joel Petersen of Omaha, Nebraska, who also played bass, guitar and keyboards in the Faint. The band's music ranged from instrumental electronic songs to sparse piano pieces to rock-influenced pop songs. Broken Spindles originally started in 2001 as the soundtrack for a friend's film. It developed into a solo project with the first release in 2002 on Tiger Style Records. In between touring with the Faint and Beep Beep, Petersen found time to write music for Broken Spindles.