You might remember we featured Hampshire band Exam Season back in the summer, when we described their debut EP, Mostly Homely, as “a decidedly British twee indie rock with electronic-flavoured pop and some emo tinges to create something both serious and not, charting the banalities of life alongside some really important questions of identity and meaning.”It was a nice surprise then to hear that the band have a brand new single, released as part of the Art is Hard Pin Pal Club.
The track is called ‘Everything is Salted Caramel’, a song which sees Exam Season take the juxtaposition of the en vogue sweet treat and apply it to relationships. The message seems to be that it’s okay to take the rough with the smooth and that a dash of proverbially salty feelings is not just normal, but can make the sweet ones taste that much better.
“Everything has to be
sweet and salty”
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If you’re unfamiliar with the Pin Pal Club, it’s a subscription service that sends not only a new and exclusive single each month, but also a specially designed enamel pin badge. It was planned to be a thing that ran through 2016, but if you order the year subscription now you get all the previous pins in one package, which might be more or less exciting, depending on your character. Also, the pins and corresponding singles are available for purchase individually via the Art is Hard online store.