"If we could SEE songs they would be luminous trails in the breath of space.”
– Mike Chunn, Play It Strange
A colour and music collaboration from PPG Paints and Play It Strange. The Paint it Strange palette brings together 10 young Kiwi artists to create a curated palette made up of 10 original colours and 10 original songs.
"The clouds go away when the sky hears you sing"
"The clouds go away when the sky hears you sing"
Play Pause Me & You
"Whakarongo mai ki nga tikanga, ki o tatou tipuna, mo tenei whenua."
"Whakarongo mai ki nga tikanga, ki o tatou tipuna, mo tenei whenua."
Play Pause Whakarongo Mai
"Day and night I hope, to be led astray"
"Day and night I hope, to be led astray"
Play Pause Cover My Eyes
"All those days I've left behind and never looked back, you're the only you that I ever will have"
"All those days I've left behind and never looked back, you're the only you that I ever will have"
Play Pause Not Enough
“I bet you've seen, the things that I've done, and the verses I've written that I can't outrun.”
“I bet you've seen, the things that I've done, and the verses I've written that I can't outrun.”
Play Pause Help Me Remember
“Your soft and gentle hold means more than wrinkles on my skin”
“Your soft and gentle hold means more than wrinkles on my skin”
Play Pause In the Dark
“Every man who grows old does so just by doing what he's told”
“Every man who grows old does so just by doing what he's told”
Play Pause Don't Call Me Home
“I’m not a dime a dozen, and I owe you nothing”
“I’m not a dime a dozen, and I owe you nothing”
Play Pause Lonely Hearts Club
“It's alright to die sometimes in your lies”
“It's alright to die sometimes in your lies”
Play Pause English Rose
Too bad the window’s rusted shut, can’t hear you shout from the street to ‘get up,’ guess I’ll lay here collecting dust”
Too bad the window’s rusted shut, can’t hear you shout from the street to ‘get up,’ guess I’ll lay here collecting dust”
Play Pause Bedside Table
Play it Strange Trust enables New Zealand secondary school students to engage in songwriting as an essential creative endeavour that reflects and develops New Zealand’s cultural identity and supports personal growth and learning. In our 18 years, over 5,800 songs have been written and entered into our songwriting competitions and we have provided over 850 professional recording sessions.
The Sound of Colour
Play it Strange x PPG Paints
