THE CHILLS Brave Words LP FLYING NUN UK 1987 UK orig+inner FNUK 12 DEBUT ALBUM
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THE CHILLS
Seminal New Zealand band known for their atmospheric yet bright, guitar-fueled indie pop. The Chills were one of
New Zealand's best and most popular bands of the '80s, making a small but consistent series of chiming, hook-laden
guitar pop. Both the songs and the arrangements were constructed with interweaving guitar hooks and vocal
harmonies, creating a pretty, almost lush, sound that never fell into cloying sentimentality. Throughout their
existence, the band's personnel changed frequently -- there were more than ten different lineups -- with the
only constant member being guitarist Martin Phillipps, the band's founder. Phillipps began playing music with
the New Zealand punk band the Same in 1978. Following in the footsteps of the Clean and the Enemy, the Same
played mostly covers, creating a raw fusion of British Invasion and garage rock. However, the group ever recorded.
Phillipps applied the same approach for the Chills, the band he formed in 1980 with his sister Rachel and
Jane Dodd (bass) after the Same fell apart. In 1982, the Chills signed with Flying Nun, the influential New Zealand
independent record label, and released several singles that were never widely distributed in America and Europe
"BRAVE WORDS"
1987 LP FLYING NUN UK RECORDS FNUK 12
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE + COMPANY INSERT
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Label: FLYING NUN - LIGHT BLUE LABEL w/ARTWORK - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine, rear & inner) FNUK 12
Catalog on labels: FNUK 12
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): POUNDA TA1PE (Stamped): :FNUK 12A-1U-1-1--
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): :FNUK 12 B-1U-1-1-1 1
On labels: All songs composed by Martin Phillipps
© Soft Bomb 1987
A Flying Nun UK Record
Made in England
On back cover: All songs composed by Martin Phillips
© copyright Soft Bomb 1987
A Flying Nun UK Record
Distributed in the UK by Rough Trade/Cartel
Made in England
tracklisting
Side A: PUSH - RAIN - SPEAK FOR YOURSELF
LOOK FOR THE GOOD IN OTHERS AND THEY'LL SEE THE GOOD IN YOU
WET BLANKET - GHOSTS
Side B: DAN DESTINY AND THE SILVER DAWN - NIGHT OF THE CHILL BLUE - 16 HEART THROBS
BRAVE WORDS - DARK CARNIVAL - CREEP
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The first proper album from the Chills, following a several-years'-long string of classic indie pop singles, is the culmination of the band's early promise. Produced by Texas art rock weirdo Mayo Thompson, the sound is thick and echoey, adding a layer of foreboding even to relatively bright tunes like the manic opener "Push" and turning songs like the brilliant "16 Heartthrobs" (a creepy, anguished memorial to Jayne Mansfield) into dark, throbbing epics. Andrew Todd's organ work is unusually prominent in the mix, overshadowing even Martin Phillipps' lead vocals on several tracks. The effect tends to treat Phillipps' voice as another instrument, which when combined with the tumbling logorrhea of his lyrics gives the sound an odd, unsettling urgency. Brave Words doesn't have the simplicity and directness of the Chills' early singles (collected on the Kaleidoscope World LP), which caused some longtime fans to dismiss the album upon its release; listened to at some remove, the merits of songs as graceful as "Night of Chill Blue" and the endearing "Look for the Good in Others and They'll See the Good in You" are obvious. Brave Words may well be the Chills' finest album...(AllMusic)
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