'It makes it very important that I don't put out any rubbish and I really think things through because I have no idea how long I am going to be around,' he said on The Beat Eclectic. In many ways, Silver Bullets is a triumph over adversity for Martin Phillipps who has had a long battle with ill health.īut that has only made him even more determined to create a meaningful body of work. Championed by indie record label Flying Nun, the band soon found a cult audience around the world and critical acclaim from the likes of John Peel for their stellar records in the '80s and '90s.īut there's been a big gap between albums. Singer-songwriter Martin Phillipps formed The Chills in Dunedin in the early '80s. Like that warm feeling that comes on when you run into a friend you haven't seen in years. Much loved NZ guitar band The Chills are back with Silver Bullets, their first album in nearly two decades. The Chills to embark on first U.S.From 'Pink Frost' to 'America Says Hello', the Chills' leader talks about some of the band's most cherished songs.Ĭhiming guitars, layers of reverb, heart stopping droplets of bittersweet melody.

Listen: The Chills’ Martin Phillipps talks to Rockin’ the Suburbs podcast in 3-part interview.

Setlist: The Chills, KEXP Studios, Seattle, WA, 3/11/19 performed the band’s classic 1984 single “Pink Frost,” plus “Wet Blanket” off 1987’s Brave Words and a couple of more recent tracks: “Underwater Wasteland,” from 2015’s Silver Bullets, and “Deep Belief,” off the band’s superb 2018 album Snow Bound. tour this past spring for a four-song on-air set and interview that the radio station has recently shared via YouTube. Martin Phillipps brought his iconic New Zealand indie-pop outfit The Chills to the studios of Seattle’s KEXP during the band’s U.S.

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