On Planets - Sticks by On Planets published on 2019-12-07T18:37:21Z It's been a little while, but I'm back with a slow burner that encapsulates a very Canadian (I'm from Vancouver), but relatable, combination of civility and resentment that develops when we let our hidden anger towards others silently smolder. Stream/Download 'Sticks': https://onplanets.fanlink.to/sticks @onplanets Spotify - bit.ly/SpotOnPlanets instagram.com/onplanets facebook.com/weareallonplanets twitter.com/onplanets --- Early in 2019 on vacation in Hawaii, my dad and I were chatting over morning coffee about what each of us had been working on — he freshly retired from teaching creative writing, and I recently returned to the On Planets project after about a year in hiatus. I mentioned casually that if he wrote any poems that could be translated into a song, we might try and put a track together. A couple months later he followed up with a piece called Sticks, which really resonated with me, and I immediately knew how the song should sound. After a few iterations, working out some details together and adding a refrain, I felt the track adequately captured the smoldering feeling of the poem. This all was a stark contrast to my own songwriting process, which is an extremely gradual percolation of abstract thoughts driven by the deliberate assembly of fragmented lines written on scraps of paper and untitled notes on my phone; a crude and convoluted kind of simultaneous construction/deconstruction process that spans months, sometimes years. In this project, I felt somewhat like a translator, making an interpretive rendering of the work of the foremost creative sage in my life. I'm humbled to have the opportunity to collaborate with such a master as he, and humbled that when I read his writing it feels familiar—as if it might have come from my own pen, but infinitely more refined, wise, and impactful. --- Lyrics: You throw stones I put up sticks the sound we make is a thunder when wind wails up a push through each room door blows open letters get tangled from A onto Z we put them together so hard to read In a constant come-around Believe me, I should know by now Remind me how this goes Broken bones, broken bones Acquiescent to the tone Believe me, I should know, I should know But show me how this goes Broken bones, broken bones You carry sticks I pile up stones the space between us sounds like distance a word so simple to spell the sentence that we build is a thunder --- Genre Indie Comment by Moonslanga this man is a master of reverb 2022-02-28T03:30:56Z Comment by sky This is absolutely phenomenal. I am dreaming about just listening to the instrumental without lyrics on this part over and over again, is there an instrumental version of this somewhere? 2021-07-08T07:35:28Z Comment by Bryan Trabing I could listen to this forever❤️ 2021-03-26T14:26:22Z Comment by Tiaan Beautiful 2020-09-09T00:48:45Z Comment by Bryan Trabing absolutely mesmerizing 2020-07-19T07:34:42Z Comment by Nifkin this is the future of music 2020-06-10T10:21:46Z Comment by ASHBESSY Dope! 2020-03-11T09:52:53Z Comment by R.JoJo Love it ! 2020-03-09T23:23:05Z Comment by Hahlweg an actual masterpiece 2020-02-27T04:14:34Z Comment by blackfuchsia This is amazing. 2020-02-22T05:31:38Z Comment by Harvey so good 2020-01-28T08:57:02Z Comment by 92elm gorgeous 2020-01-27T00:45:30Z Comment by Codissimo Yes! 2020-01-22T19:48:49Z Comment by BLK absolutely in love with this track <3 2020-01-11T18:48:25Z Comment by FRDERIKSN Love it! 2020-01-05T02:37:55Z Comment by We Are Machine Take a closer look at "Sticks" with On Planets in this new feature interview at We Are Machine: https://wearemachine.net/2020/01/03/on-planets-an-unlikely-collaboration/ 2020-01-04T12:00:28Z Comment by metsä wowowowwoow 2019-12-30T06:07:59Z Comment by Milos Loren love it 2019-12-22T15:39:25Z Comment by real friend need more on planets. cheers for this one 2019-12-20T00:51:54Z Comment by Cooltown 💛 Featured in COOLTOWN - PFB RADIO 062 💛 Check it out here ---> https://soundcloud.com/cooltown/pfb063 2019-12-19T02:06:49Z Comment by Feylo :O 2019-12-17T17:34:06Z Comment by Lua Monu Wow this is beautiful 2019-12-17T10:37:43Z Comment by Lua Monu Wow 2019-12-17T10:36:45Z Comment by Unhunt sheer joy 2019-12-13T10:54:24Z Comment by dopadroo Glad to see you back. I love this! 2019-12-10T04:21:10Z Comment by t . i . a . nice vox 2019-12-10T02:13:33Z Comment by CastingShadows2 JAM 2019-12-10T00:12:31Z Comment by Ozan Aykaç Niiiiice :) missed you song man ! Great job keep going !!! Lots of supports from Belgium ! 2019-12-09T23:55:53Z Comment by JEY VAZZ willld 2019-12-09T20:04:35Z Comment by bh yessss he back 2019-12-09T00:16:29Z