New Zealand jangle-pop band the Chills will release a new album of previously unreleased songs in February. The album,Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs,arrives following thedeath of frontmanMartin Phillipps. The singer-songwriter, who was battling liver disease, died in July at the age of61. Spring Board assembles 20 archival recordings, and …
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Farewell to the great Martin Phillipps, the New Zealand indie-rock pioneer of the Chills. He was one of the most brilliant songwriters of his era, with a string of Eighties and Nineties guitar classics: “Pink Frost,” “I Love My Leather Jacket,” “Heavenly Pop Hit,” “The Great Escape,” so many more. …
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Martin Phillipps, singer and creative force behind the New Zealand jangle-pop band the Chills, has died at the age of 61. The Chills’ official social media accounts announced Phillipps’ death in a statement Sunday, “It is with broken hearts the family and friend of Martin Phillipps wish to advise Martin …
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