of personnel is often cited as one of several reasons for the band's lack of consistent "saleability", and is referred to by the local music scene as "the curse of the Chills". The "curse" struck again with the recording of the album Sunburnt in England, in the summer of 1995. Two band members were refused entry into the UK, so session musicians had to be recruited at the last moment. Dave Mattacks of Fairport Convention and XTC's Dave Gregory provided drum and bass work for the album, with Phillipps the only other credited musician (aside from guest keyboards played by producer Craig Leon). This album was issued in early 1996 under the group name Martin Phillipps and The Chills. After that, the band again split, with Phillipps appearing in another one of David Kilgour's bands, the Heavy Eights. Nevertheless, Phillipps continued to recruit new Chills members for live shows and played at least a few shows as The Chills every year from 1997 on. For much of the late 1990s, though, Phillipps was laid low with hepatitis C, a side effect of drug addiction problems. He released an album of solo home demos (Sketch Book: Volume One) in 1999; the demos themselves dated from 1988–1995. In 2000, Secret Box, a three-CD box set of Chills live tracks, demos, radio sessions, and rarities was released. In 2004, an eight-song Chills mini-album called Stand By was issued, the first all-new Chills material in nine years. Phillipps's album liner notes promised: Despite Phillipps's claim, however, no new Chills album appeared for over a decade. In May 2010, the band played two shows in Australia, their first shows outside New Zealand since 1996. Three years later, after another nine-year hiatus from the recording studio, a single newly recorded Chills track called "Molten Gold" was issued. The track, released on Martin Phillipp's 50th birthday (July 2, 2013), was a non-album 7” single with the rerecorded "Pink Frost 13" as a B-side. In October 2015, the band issued Silver Bullets, their first album-length release in 19 years. In February 2017, the band released the David Bowie song "Conversation Piece". On September 14, 2018, the band released its seventh album, Snow Bound. The Chills on film The Chills have been the subject of numerous documentaries, predominantly produced for New Zealand TV. In March 2019, a feature documentary exploring the history of the band and Martin Phillipps's contemporary