The Clean’s Hamish Kilgour has died, as reported by the New Zealand publication Stuff. The musician was reported lacking final week by his household after final being seen at a shopping center in Christchurch. No reason for dying has been revealed.
Kilgour and his brother David based the Clean in 1978. They’re credited as one of many pioneers behind the jangly “Dunedin sound” pressure of indie-pop. The group’s debut single “Tally Ho!” got here out in 1981, and it put each them and Flying Nun Records on the map. The band recorded a pair of EPs, Boodle Boodle Boodle and Great Sounds Great…, earlier than splitting up for a time. The brothers launched music because the Great Unwashed earlier than returning to the Clean identify within the late ’80s, reuniting for a tour and dwell EP. That reunion tour was adopted by the Clean’s debut full-length album, Vehicle, which was launched in 1990.
Hamish moved to New York City after Vehicle‘s release and started the Mad Scene with Lisa Siegel. They made their debut with a 7″ in 1992, and their first album, Sealight, followed in 1995. They’d proceed on via 2012’s Blip, which was produced by Sonic Boom. Quite a lot of Clean breakups and reunions additionally occurred within the ensuing years, usually accompanied by a full-length. Modern Rock got here out in 1994, Unknown Country, in ’96, after which Getaway in 2001 — that final one featured contributions from Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan, longtime followers of the band. The Clean’s final full-length album was 2009’s Mister Pop.
In 2014, he put out his debut solo album, All Of It And Nothing, which he labored on with Gary Olsen. That was adopted by one other album, Finklestein, in 2018.