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Dead Famous People


A shimmering, blinding joy emanates from the new album by the enigmatic Dons Savage under the nom de plume of Dead Famous People. I’ve written before that there has to be a genetic implant in New Zealanders – it can be found in the work of The Chills, The Clean and The Bats – in other …

There is a simple and very expressive joy that threads its way through the new album by the enigmatic Dons Savage under the nom de plume of Dead Famous People. It has to be a genetic implant in New Zealanders – it can be found in the work of The Chills, The Clean and The …

Dons Savage, the creative force behind the legendary Dead Famous People, has had an extraordinary but brief career in the eighties – she sang on The Chill’s brilliant and aptly named hit ‘Heavenly Pop Hit’, signed to Flying Nun Records, moved to London from her native New Zealand just after the peak of the Dunedin …