Die neuseeländische Indie-Band #TheChills veröffentlichte 1987 ihr Debütalbum #BraveWords über Flying Nun Records. Das Album erreichte Platz 24 in den neuseeländischen Charts und markierte einen wichtigen Meilenstein in der Karriere der Band um Frontmann Martin Phillipps.

Im Februar 1987 verlegte die Band ihren Standort von Dunedin nach London, nachdem ihre vorherigen Veröffentlichungen bereits Erfolge in den britischen Independent- [...]

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Recorded #OnThisDay 40 years ago:

The Chills - Peel Session 1985

The complete session recorded by The Chills on 12 November 1985 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 25th of that month.

Tracklist:

1. Rolling Moon (0:07)
2. Brave Words (3:37)
3. Wet Blanket (5:09)
4. Night Of Chill Blue (7:45)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-chills-peel-session-1985.html

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The Chills - Peel Session 1985

The blog for the uploads to the group of Vibracobra23 channels on YouTube, featuring thousands of John Peel Sessions.

Another inspiring story from the Daily Encourager occasional newsletter.

"Painting the Chills

Fingerprint drawing a portrait of The Chills’ lead singer Martin Phillipps in a noisy atrium during school holidays may not be the best idea.

Particularly when the artist, Tom Fox, has autism spectrum disorder, meaning his senses can be easily overloaded and emotions intensified."

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https://dailyencourager.co.nz/painting-the-chills/

Painting the Chills

Fingerprint drawing a portrait of The Chills' lead singer Martin Phillipps in a noisy atrium during school holidays may not be the best idea. Particularly when the artist, Tom Fox, has autism spectrum disorder, meaning his senses can be easily overloaded and emotions intensified. “It was pretty challenging,” he says of drawing live in front of spectators on Level 1 at Tūhura Otago Museum in Dunedin. The echoey atrium has marble, high ceilings and huge windows and the September school holiday programme was in full swing. Tom used a mortar and pestle to grind chalk pastels, which he painstakingly applied

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The Chills “Soft Bomb” (1992) #thechills #nowplaying
“Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs is both the early stages of that reclamation project and an elegiac farewell,” writes Jennifer Kelly. https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/779829409314144256/the-chills-spring-board-the-early-unrecorded #Music #thechills
The Chills — Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs (Fire)

Photo by Jon Thom Moodie Tuesday The Chills - Steel Skies Martin Phillips got an unexpected second wind in the mid-2010s, after a second round of experimental treatment for hepatitis C proved...

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Pink Frost, by The Chills

from the album Kaleidoscope World (Expanded Edition)

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We're here to stay in this crooked game
That we're expected to play for no return
And soon you learn for all your pain
You're tied up in chains your parents made
And they were dangling by chains their parents made
And they were dangling by chains their parents made

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Tied up on a Chain

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Just a reaffirmation that this is a fine, fine swan song. We miss you Martin. So thankful for the chance to (finally) see you in #durham #nc a couple years back. . . . . #thechills #dunedin #flyingnun #music #nowplaying https://daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the-day/the-chills-spring-board-review

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Just a reaffirmation that this is a fine, fine swan song. We miss you Martin. So thankful for the chance to (finally) see you in #durham #nc a couple years back.
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The Chills, “Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs”

A stirring farewell from Martin Phillips, “Spring Board" revives The Chills’s early songs with wisdom, heart, and indie pop brilliance.

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New album from The Chills is out! About to listen for the first time. Bittersweet - RIP Martin 😢

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https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/passion-project-phillipps-final-album

Passion project Phillipps' final album

The Chills' final album was late frontman Martin Phillipps' mission to render his songs as he originally "heard them in his head".

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