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“Simple Season” is the fifth track of Hippo Campus' debut LP. The track was inspired by a friend of band member Nathan Stocker. Nathan spoke about this friend in an article, “Nathan Stocker’s Best Birthday Gift.”
“I got this letter on my birthday.
The friend who gave it to me was someone I met in high school… I was in instrumental, just playing music all day, and she was in the theater track. I don’t remember the first time we met—but she’s an incredible writer, and what I do remember is that we were always exchanging things we wrote. When she gave me this letter, I took it back home and read it by myself in my room. I was floored. I read it maybe five times in a row. It was so beautifully written, and I felt such gratitude because the letter showed that she really got me, and she made me feel like it was okay to be me. That was the real gift. This song was inspired by my relationship with the friend who gave me the letter… But I also want to leave enough room in our songs for listeners to fill them in with their own feelings, experiences, and memories. That way they can connect to the song, even if we don’t know each other personally. A truly personal letter is really something different than a song. It’s intended only for the person it’s written to. A song is a way to share that emotional experience with others.“
“(Simple Season is about) milking our youth for all its worth. It’s the photos on your bedroom wall from that disposable camera you picked up for the summer. That night when the moon was full. Flying kites the day after. Friends we made and the friends that made us. Nothing to do and all day to do it. Nowhere to go and all day to get there. Sittin’ around in the simplicity of it all belonging to us.“
– Hippo Campus
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