"Pink Frost" is a song by New Zealand band
The Chills
The Chills are a New Zealand rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980. The band is essentially the continuing project of singer/songwriter Martin Phillipps, who is the group's sole constant member. For a time in the 1990s, the act was billed ...
.
The song was originally recorded in 1982.
It was released as a
single in 1984.
Its
B-side
The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record compan ...
was the instrumental track "Purple Girl". It reached number 17 on the New Zealand singles chart.
The song was written by lead singer/guitarist
Martin Phillipps Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austral ...
, and features a line-up of Phillipps,
Terry Moore (bass, backing vocals, percussion), and
Martyn Bull (drums, percussion). The song was recorded on 29 May 1982 at The Lab Studios in Auckland and mixed in January 1984 at Auckland's Progressive Studios by Terry King, Doug Hood,
Chris Knox, and band members Moore and Phillipps. It was released in June 1984. Owing to the length of time taken to release the track, it was a posthumous release for Bull, who had died of
leukaemia during 1983. All of the proceeds made from the single's sales were donated to Cancer Research.
The song was initially released as a single only, but was later part of the 1986 compilation album ''
Kaleidoscope World''. It had previously been released in 1985 as a track on the Flying Nun compilation ''
Tuatara (album)''. A video to accompany the single was filmed in and around
Sandymount
Sandymount () is an affluent coastal suburb in the Dublin 4 district on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland.
Etymology
An early name for the area was Scal'd Hill or Scald Hill. and Taiaroa Head on
Otago Peninsula.
The song is often regarded as one of the key songs in the
Dunedin sound style
Dunedin Music Video Special: Part 2 - The Chills 'Pink Frost'
" ''dunedinusic.com, 30 April 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2018. and features a solid drum rhythm over which bass and a high guitar form complementary lead lines. Phillipps' vocals — telling a gothic tale of a lover accidentally killing his partner in his sleep — float above this rolling string pattern.
Covers
*Los Angeles band Babyland recorded the song and released in on their 1994 album '' A Total Letdown''
* Joel RL Phelps and the Downer Trio
Joel RL Phelps (born 1966) is an American musician and songwriter originally from Montana, known for his work with the indie rock bands Silkworm and The Downer Trio.
Phelps has played with Pacific Northwest bands such as Ein Heit, which he joined ...
covered it on their album ''Tradition'' in 2004.
References
External links
"Pink Frost"
at AllMusic
Musical analysis of 'Pink Frost'
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AudioCulture
{{The Chills
1984 singles
The Chills songs
Dunedin Sound songs
Songs about death
Murder ballads
Charity singles
Flying Nun Records singles