The Chills Announce Posthumous Album Featuring Martin Phillipps’ Early Songs

Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs, created from reimagined early works, will release on February 28, 2025, honoring the late frontman’s legacy.

• Martin Phillipps, founder of New Zealand’s jangle-pop band The Chills, passed away in July 2024 at the age of 61 while battling liver disease.
• The upcoming album, Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs, compiles 20 tracks Phillipps revisited and reimagined from his youth before his passing.
• The album features contributions from notable New Zealand artists, including Neil Finn of Crowded House and members of Fur Patrol and Split Enz.
• The first single, 'If This World Was Made for Me,' has been released, showcasing Phillipps’ reflective lyrics and signature sound.
• The Chills, formed in 1980, gained international recognition with hits like 'Heavenly Pop Hit' and continued to release music, with their last album, Scatterbrain, reaching No. 4 on the New Zealand Albums Chart in 2021.

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