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How Martin Phillipps, the brilliantly bleak genius of indie, made the world a better place

"With The Chills, the late Martin Phillipps specialised in happy, dark and joyous underdog anthems. So why couldn’t he catch a break?"

Seriously good piece by the UK Telegraph for those interested

https://archive.li/iRDkm

#Music #thechills #martinphillips #indiemusic #newzealand

#Listening to The Chills again brings back vivid memories of living in Ōtepoti, not long after Soft Bomb dropped in 1992;

"There's a part of me that's in disguise
Though I fight to see it won't arise
I'd avoid your eyes, denying
Something dark and primal surviving

I have another side i try to hide
It cannot escape because if it tries
There are defences raised around it
For i chose to keep it surrounded"

#TheChills, The Male Monster From the Id

https://genius.com/The-chills-the-male-monster-from-the-id-lyrics

#RIP #MartinPhillips

I just heard the news about the death of Ōtepoti musician Martin Phillips, frontman of Flying Nun band The Chills since the 1960s. To mark his passing, here's a track called Sleeping Giants from the 1992 Chills album Soft Bomb;

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=iMu3r8YffQI

The lyrics of this song have never seemed more timely;

https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/2765387/The+Chills/Sleeping+Giants

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#listening #music #GuitarPop #TheChills #Obituary #MartinPhillips

#Requiescat For #MartinPhillips, founder of the influential New Zealand band #TheChills. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-07-28/martin-phillips-the-chills-new-zealand-obituary

Martin Phillips Dies: Guitarist For New Zealand’s Influential The Chills Was 61
#News #Obituaries #MartinPhillips #Obituary #TheChills

https://deadline.com/2024/07/martin-phillips-dead-guitarist-new-zealand-the-chills-obituary-1236025220/