Phillipps had been working on the newly-announced Spring Board record at the time of his unexpected passing in July.

New Zealand jangle-pop legend Martin Phillipps died unexpectedly in July at age 61. Before his passing, he had a 40-year run as the founding guitarist and only consistent member of the Chills, who put out seven studio albums between 1987 and 2021.

The New Zealand band’s late founder reimagined his songwriting juvenilia for Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs