Music News - The Chills - 'Kaleidoscope World' Reissue Announced
01 July 2016 - 0 Comments
Kaleidoscope World is not just the starting point for The Chills, but an insight into the world of New Zealand guitar-pop and the ‘Dunedin Sound’ – an influence which carries on to indie-pop bands around the world today. Originally released in 1986, the compilation captures the best of the magical early period recordings of The Chills and simply oozes excitement and possibility. Now set to be re-issued on a deluxe 2xLP and CD set, it will feature six bonus b-sides, demos and live tracks plus an expanded gatefold cover with photos, posters and liner notes from music journalist Martin Aston.
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The world’s first look at The Chills came
via the 1982 Dunedin
Double compilation – featuring four acts (The Chills, The
Verlaines, Sneaky Feelings and The Stones) who all hailed from the New Zealand
city in the deep south. Recorded on a portable 4-track it was distinctly lo-fi
and in tune with the DIY ethic at the heart of the burgeoning Flying Nun label.
It was a sound in part born out of geography and location, with the
spaciousness and remoteness of New Zealand itself matched with the glowing
songs of chief Chill - Martin
Phillipps - a music savant who somehow wrangles psychedelic
pop and folk, Syd Barrett and Brian Wilson, all with an innate ability to
sound both joyous and sad within a moment.
What was initially 8 songs (later expanded to 18 and now 24), Kaleidoscope Worldhas a unique bittersweet innocence from the title track through to the
happy - sad aura of “Frantic Drift” and “Rolling Moon.” And amongst all the
fragile melodies mixed with a childlike wonder, is “Pink Frost” – for many The
Chills’ most beloved track – an eerie, haunting track, the band’s first ‘hit'.
Surrounded by the aura of death following a dream Phillipps’ had, it also
touches on a sense of desolation and yearning for a connection to the wider
world and is no better example of the marvellous songwriting ability of this
band from the world's southernmost point.
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