New Zealand jangle-pop legend Martin Phillipps died unexpectedly in July at age 61. Earlier than his passing, he had a 40-year run because the founding guitarist and solely constant member of the Chills, who put out seven studio albums between 1987 and 2021. Right this moment, Hearth Information have introduced the posthumous Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs, a set of 20 songs from the band’s early years revisited.
All through the ultimate years of his life, Phillipps needed to hint again to the Chills’ origins by poring over his assortment of previous tapes, many incomplete. He determined to flesh out these fragments of songs, ensuing of their remaining iteration almost 40 years after they had been initially conceived. Spring Board wasn’t essentially meant to be the ultimate Chills launch, however as destiny would have it, it wound up being a becoming final chapter, with the blessing of each Phillipps’ household and bandmates.
Hear “If This World Was Made For Me” and see the complete album tracklist under.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Dolphins”
02 “Study To Strive Once more”
03 “If This World Was Made For Me”
04 “Juicy Creaming Soda”
05 “I’ll Defend You”
06 “And When You’re There”
07 “Declaration”
08 “Keep Longer”
09 “Slime”
10 “Metal Skies”
11 “Jellyhead”
12 “Such Self Pity”
13 “Meet My Eyes”
14 “Unhealthy Eggs”
15 “Lion Tamer”
16 “The Different”
17 “Since You Left Me”
18 “Watching Previous House Motion pictures”
19 “I Noticed Your Silhouette”
20 “I Don’t Need To Dwell Eternally”
Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs is out 2/28 by way of Hearth.