Silver Bullets (album)

Silver Bullets
Studio album by
The Chills
Released2015
LabelFire Records
The Chills chronology
Sunburnt
(1996) 		Silver Bullets
(2015) 		Snow Bound
(2018)

Silver Bullets is an album by New Zealand group the Chills, released in 2015.[1][2][3]

Martin Phillipps spoke of the 19-year gap since their previous album. "We just couldn't. There's been a lot of frustration but finally, somebody got behind us with the money and belief in both me and the band. It all happened quite quickly too. Off it went!'"[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Chicago Tribune[7]
Drowned in Sound9/10[8]
The Guardian[9]
Mojo[10]
Pitchfork6.9/10[11]
Q[12]
Record Collector[13]
Uncut[14]
Under the Radar6.5/10[15]

Pitchfork said, "guitars wreathed in reverb, organs heaving, Phillipps' voice, as quietly assured as ever. Combining delicate grace with ornate detailing is no easy feat, but on Silver Bullets, Phillipps manages it again and again."[11]

The Guardian said, "The Chills' appeal always lay in their ability to combine brightness and murkiness – they sound almost like the musical embodiment of autumn, part windswept and part golden – and that's very much present on Silver Bullets, a minor triumph of an album."[9] Drowned in Sound noted, "the mini cinemas of Silver Bullets showcase all of The Chills' true strengths. Their heroic compassion inspires love, preaches empathy, sustains life. Praise them as saints."[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Martin Phillipps.

  1. "Father Time" – 0:34
  2. "Warm Waveform" – 4:10
  3. "Silver Bullets" – 3:58
  4. "Underwater Wasteland" – 5:27
  5. "America Says Hello" – 5:05
  6. "Liquid Situation" – 0:50
  7. "Pyramid / When the Poor Can Reach the Moon" – 8:03
  8. "Aurora Corona" – 4:28
  9. "I Can't Help You" – 3:10
  10. "Tomboy" – 4:42
  11. "Molten Gold" – 3:25

References

  1. ^ "The Chills - Silver Bullets". Discogs (in Italian). Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Silver Bullets - The Chills | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. ^ "The Chills: Silver Bullets". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ^ Jihee Jun. "From Soft Bomb to Silver Bullets". The Lumière Reader.
  5. ^ "Silver Bullets by The Chills – Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. ^ Sendra, Tim. "The Chills – Silver Bullets". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ Kot, Greg (26 October 2015). "The Chills return with a world of worry on 'Silver Bullets'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ a b Adcock, Lee (27 October 2015). "Album Review: The Chills – Silver Bullets". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. ^ a b Hann, Michael (29 October 2015). "The Chills: Silver Bullets review – Kiwi indie-pop heroes return with melodic gifts intact". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  10. ^ "The Chills – Silver Bullets". Mojo. November 2015. p. 87.
  11. ^ a b Keyes, J. Edward (23 October 2015). "The Chills: Silver Bullets Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  12. ^ "The Chills – Silver Bullets". Q. December 2015. p. 106.
  13. ^ Peacock, Tim (December 2015). "The Chills – Silver Bullets". Record Collector. No. 447.
  14. ^ "The Chills – Silver Bullets". Uncut. December 2015. p. 63.
  15. ^ Wojtas, Michael (28 October 2015). "The Chills: Silver Bullets (Fire) Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved 7 February 2020.