Sydney four-piece Stumps wears their hearts on their sleeves with their latest single “Your Old Man,” a fond ode to the father of lead singer Kyle Fisher’s partner.
“Just before I entered the door to meet and have dinner with him she paused me and said ‘So, my dad used to be a drug raid and undercover cop in the 80s and has had some pretty crazy experiences … so, yeah, no dark jokes?'” he recounted. “After a while I started to notice just how gentle he was in his mannerisms, towards his family, despite his gruff demeanour towards me. So this song became a tribute to that moment of noticing the shared masculine insecurities and fear we both had towards one another. And realising that loving and caring for someone was at the crux of all our doubts.”
I love the honesty and energy of this song. It also tells a story we haven’t heard before, and that’s so refreshing. What do you think of it?
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