The Chills were a guitar and keyboard-based indie rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand formed in 1980. The band wass essentially the continuing project of singer/songwriter Martin Phillipps, who was the group's sole constant member—for a time in the 1990s, the act was billed as Martin Phillipps & The Chills. In the 1980s and 1990s, The Chills had some significant chart success in their homeland, and were a cult band in other parts of the world as one of the earliest proponents of the Dunedin Sound, a style of "jingly jangly" guitar-playing, minimal bass lines and loose drumming.
Links To Peel[]
Peel heard the band through the Flying Nun label, a New Zealand based indie record company that championed the Dunedin Sound. The group recorded three sessions for Peel's show. After the 80's, Peel seemed to lose interest in the group.
Sessions[]
All sessions are available on The Chills - The BBC Sessions (2014, CD, Fire Records)
The Chills - Peel Session 1985
1. Recorded: 1985-11-12. First Broadcast: 25 November 1985. Repeated: 10 December 1985, 28 January 1986
- Rolling Man / Brave Words / Wet Blanket / Night Of Chill Blue
2. Recorded: 1987-04-05. First Broadcast: 15 April 1987. Repeated: 05 May 1987
- Dan Destiny And The Silver Dawn / Living In A Jungle / Rain / Moonlight On Flesh
3. Recorded: 1988-12-18. First Broadcast: 04 January 1989. Repeated: 07 February 1989
- Part Past Part Fiction / Christmas Chimes / Effloresce And Deliquesce / Dead Web
Other Shows Played[]
- 25 July 1984: Pink Frost (7" single) Flying Nun (JP: 'Well that's what they're up to in New Zealand these days, apart from staring out to sea watching for the next delivery of fresh fruit.')
- 1986
- 27 January 1986: Satin Doll (album - Kaleidoscope World) Creation
- 29 January 1986 (VPRO): Flame Thrower (LP – Kaleidoscope World) Creation
- 08 February 1986 (BFBS): Dole Drums (album - Kaleidoscope) Creation
- 12 February 1986: Flame-Thrower (LP - Kaleidoscope World) Creation
- 19 February 1986: Pink Frost (LP - Kaleidoscope World) Creation
- 15 March 1986 (BFBS) 'Satin Doll (LP-Kaleidoscope World)' (Creation)
- 12 April 1986 (BFBS): 'Flamethrower (7"-Rolling Moon)' (Flying Nun)
- 1987
- 13 March 1987 (BFBS) (Peel 054 (BFBS)): 'I Love My Leather Jacket (7")' (Flying Nun)
- 06 October 1987: Look For The Good In Others And They'll See The Good In You (LP - Brave Words) Flying Nun
- 13 October 1987: 16 Heart-Throbs (LP - Brave Words) Flying Nun UK
- 16 October 1987 (BFBS) (Peel 071 (BFBS)): 'Look For The Good In Others And They'll See The Good In You (LP-Brave Words)' (Flying Nun)
- 20 October 1987: Rain (LP - Brave Words) Flying Nun
- 22 October 1987 (BBC World Service): Wet Blanket (LP Brave Words) Flying Nun
- 16 November 1987: Doledrums (LP - Kaleidoscope World) Creation
- 1988
- 22 February 1988: Wet Blanket (LP - Brave Words) Flying Nun
- 1989
- 25 January 1989: Party In My Heart (v/a LP - Human Music) Homestead
- 1991
- 16 February 1991 (BFBS) (Peel 170 (BFBS)): 'Rolling Moon (7")' (Flying Nun)