Album · · 12 Songs. Available with an Apple Music subscription. Try it free. Try Beta. Sign In Submarine Bells The Chills Rock · Preview SONG TIME Heavenly Pop Hit. 1. PREVIEW Tied Up On a Chain. 2. PREVIEW The Oncoming Day.

Jun 27,  · The first track of "Submarine Bells" is definitely well named, and not just for the first song either -- the whole album is made of "heavenly pop hits." This New Zealand band produced some pretty darn charming pop-rock that melds near-orchestral music with catchy pop melodies and melancholy writing/5(30).

On a major label for the first time, Phillipps crafted a lovely record indeed, a mere thirty-six minutes and not a second wasted. Lead-off track and single "Heavenly Pop Hit" remains the most famous track and deservedly so -- over a rapturous keyboard/rhythm combination, Phillipps sings just that, an inspiring lyric with a soaring chorus, aided by additional backing vocals from guest Donna Savage.8/

Submarine Bells was a huge success in the Chills' home country. It entered the New Zealand album chart at No. 7 in June and reached No. 1 the following week, ultimately spending 14 weeks on the chart in total. The single "Heavenly Pop Hit" was released in July and peaked at No. 2. Elsewhere, however, it made minimal commercial conspsychfestdershopo.claptakseberzocarmainoiranfaikiddabb.co: Jangle pop, indie pop, Dunedin sound.

Working with producer Gary Smith during the Submarine Bells sessions in brought a new dimension to the Chills' sound, demonstrated to marvelous effect on "Heavenly Pop Hit." The band was rewarded when the album, and this song in particular, broached the vast expanse separating New Zealand from Europe and the States to become an underground.

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I've told this story before but I'll tell it again. In , I worked at the University of Maryland Record Co-Op. I got a plain blue label promo cassette of Submarine Bells by The Chills a few months before it came out. Already a fan, I was thrilled that the band was now going to be on a subsidiary of Warner Brothers and get the full major label push.

Aug 28,  · The Chills' Martin Phillipps was among the most idiosyncratic of the batch, capable of both rousing rock and breathtaking beauty. Maybe he understood that .