The Chills - "Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs"

Released 28th February 2025

The Chills - Spring Board (2× Gold Vinyl LP 2025, Indies Ex, Limited Edition)

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‘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 and Callum Hampton. ‘Spring Board’ features contributions from Fur Patrol’s 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.

Tracklisting:

Side A

A1 Dolphins

A2 Learn to Try Again

A3 If This World Was Made for Me

A4 Juicy Creaming Soda

A5 I'll Protect You

Side B

B1 And When You're There

B2 Declaration

B3 Stay Longer

B4 Slime

B5 Steel Skies

Side C

C1 Jellyhead

C2 Such Self Pity

C3 Meet My Eyes

C4 Bad Eggs

C5 Lion Tamer

Side D

D1 The Other

D2 Since You Left Me

D3 Watching Old Home Movies

D4 I Saw Your Silhouette

D5 I Don't Want to Live ForeverDip