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The Chills - Somewhere Beautiful

Review by Matthew Slaughter

In the final assessment what we’ve got here are a set of pop songs that are almost uniformly brilliant, captured in a fashion that harks back to the band’s beginnings, presented beautifully and with pride. »

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Music and art are brought together in this contemporary object, where text intertwines with image in order to generate the sensational and the unexpected. Shane painted the diptych "Rolling Moon" as a response to the live performance featured on this record. The Chills are a band from Dunedin, New Zealand fronted by the rare talent of Martin Phillipps. Originally formed in 1980, The Chills had a revolving cast of band members
with Phillipps remaining the only constant. His knack for writing fantastic pop songs led to chart hits back home and a cult following
around the world. "Somewhere Beautiful" is a triple LP set of live recordings recorded at a private party.
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