Brighton trio Animal Language return with quarter-life crisis ditty "Peppermint Delight"

But what happens to many, especially following the hedonistic years of university, is a lack of direction or certainty. Up until now everything has followed a somewhat expected course. Suddenly, the difficulty of finding a job or being at least satisfied when you do so hits you full force.

"'Peppermint Daylight' was a track written out of the post-university confusion of approaching our mid-20s and an introspective realisation of our hypocritical cynicism," Brighton trio Animal Language say of their latest track, an ode to the graduate blues.

"[It's] observed through our hazy and skewed microscope," the band (comprised of Max Fletcher [guitar/vocals], Kieran Mansfield [bass/vocals], Jono Helsby [drums]) add, as if to explain the song's woozy guitar licks and brush stroke-like drum lulls.

Indeed, "Peppermint Daylight" does revel in a puzzled haze. Loose, jangling components may channel indie-pop at the start but by the end it's a gorgeous, dreamy, psychedelic fug of a track. Lyrics "you're running late again / reflection 25 / 'cus I'm still burning up / never the first one in line" are as coded as they are clear; a jumbled sentiment that perfectly mirrors the confusion of young adult life.

Animal Language play Brighton's The Green Door Store this Thursday 5 November, supporting Blonde Bunny. "Peppermint Daylight" is engineered and produced by Martin Hollis.