The Chills – Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs (Vinyl)

Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs is a Martin Phillipps passion project. A dedicated reimagining of his earlier unreleased songs that became his artistic farewell, a lasting legacy, and a reminder of his huge, underappreciated talent.The album has been finalised for release with the love and support of his band, family and friends.As the subject of an undulating life and times movie The Chills: The Triumph And Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps Chills singer, songwriter and main motivator, Martin Phillipps spent the last decade releasing studio and live albums while careering into his sixtieth year with typical gusto.Amid such momentum, Martin was stilling digging through old tapes, searching for the foundations that resulted in global rapture in 1987, an overnight success that took a mere seven years to ignite. These early songs and musings were revisited, revised and finally put to record. As such, Spring Board is the final chapter of The Chills, immeasurably significant output.Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs is alarming, personal, brittle and at times hopelessly upbeat. This is a man casting his mind back on an esoteric career that led to nothing short of cult status; someone rediscovering his roots, his innermost thoughts, hopes and fears.The Chills are Martin Phillipps, Oli Wilson, Erica Scally, Todd Knudson and Callum Hampton. Spring Board features contributions from Fur Patrols Julia Deans, Elroy Finn and Split Enz, Crowded House alumni Neil Finn, Tiny Ruins Hollie Fullbrook, Manics producer Greg Haver, Troy Kingi, Shona Laing, Tami Neilson, Dianne Swann (Everything That Flies) and Purple Pilgrims Clementine Valentine.Tracklist:
Side AA1 DolphinsA2 Learn to Try AgainA3 If This World Was Made for MeA4 Juicy Creaming SodaA5 I’ll Protect YouSide BB1 And When You’re ThereB2 DeclarationB3 Stay LongerB4 SlimeB5 Steel SkiesSide CC1 JellyheadC2 Such Self PityC3 Meet My EyesC4 Bad EggsC5 Lion TamerSide DD1 The OtherD2 Since You Left MeD3 Watching Old Home MoviesD4 I Saw Your SilhouetteD5 I Don’t Want to Live Forever