The Chills Find Energy and Focus on ‘Scatterbrain’
Philosophical lyrics, earworms, and sonic creativity combine on the Chills’ engaging new album Scatterbrain. Thoughts of our eventual end permeate the album.
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15 Essential Tracks from the New Zealand Pop Underground
Recorded for $60 in an island country near the bottom of the globe, "Tally Ho", the debut single by New Zealand's the Clean, was an unlikely candidate to be an international game-changer and a defining moment for a pop movement. Here's a sampling of essential tracks by 15 of New Zealand's finest acts.
The Chills’ ‘Snow Bound’ Captures the Pathways Leading to Emotional Growth and Awareness
The Chills' Snow Bound musically captures the band's depth and versatility while demonstrating their creativity and willingness to embrace new directions.
Part Past Part Fiction: A Conversation with the Chills’ Martin Phillipps
Martin Phillipps discusses his struggles as well as his creative reawakening and his newest album, Silver Bullets, a record that's been in the works some form or another for nearly two decades.
The Chills – “America Says Hello” (Singles Going Steady)
New Zealand musical legands and former Flying Nun recording artists, the Chills, are releasing their first full-length album since 1996's Sunburnt. Silver Bullets comes out on October 30 via Fire and we look at their new single.
The Chills: BBC Sessions
These songs from New Zealand skim and dip, within waves of oceanic imagery, full of Pacific calm or pending storm.