Dayglow shares new single ‘Close To You’
DAYGLOW
SHARES NEW SONG
First Single From Highly Anticipated New Album
“…though Dayglow’s recent success has led Struble to put his college education on hold for now, we have a feeling that pretty soon he’s going to graduate into full rock star status while continuing to shed his brand of positivity one riff, hook and smile at a time.” – NPR
“Dayglow has proven himself to be somewhat of an indie-pop wunderkind…summer-ready and surreal slacker tunes (and mad music videos) about love, loss and silliness of teenage life. This is bedroom pop meant for the world stage.” – NME
“The charming lyricism of Grizzly Bear, the catchy synth elements of MGMT and Phoenix, and the playful melodies of Vampire Weekend and Cayucas.” – Earmilk
” Dayglow is the antidote for dark pop, brimming with infectious bliss and hope.” – Ones To Watch
Dayglow is kicking off 2021 with a bang, releasing brand new music in the form of a new song and video titled ‘Close to You’. The new track is the follow up to viral smash ‘Can I Call You Tonight?’, with which 21 year old Sloan Struble deftly rose through the rubble of last year to achieve one of 2020’s biggest independent hits (reaching number 2 at US Alternative Radio, and surpassing a staggering 170 million streams). Dayglow has been hard at work in the studio preparing his new album, following the ‘Fuzzybrain’ project – more of which coming soon.
On ‘Close to You’, Dayglow embraces an elevated sonic maturity without sacrificing any of the enthusiasm and energy that made ‘Fuzzybrain’ a runaway hit. Less than one year into his twenties, Sloan Struble remains the sole creative on the project – writing, performing, producing, and even mixing the song on his own from his home in Austin, TX. Calling back to the iconic whimsy of 80s pop duets, ‘Close to You’ draws heavily on some unlikely influences such as Whitney Houston, Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald.
Watch & Listen to ‘Close To You’ HERE
Sloan says of the new track, “There is just a certain danceable yet melancholy feeling about 80’s pop duets that I wanted to channel into. “Close to You” was intended to be performed as a duet, but ended up essentially being a duet with myself (which makes sense in the context of the lyrics).
The song itself is about the tension between two people at a party that never said hello. It’s about the excitement and perfect fantasy you play in your head prior to seeing that person, the mediocre and nervous reality of the actual moment you see them, and the let down that always comes afterwards it not being what had always and only been living in your head. I envision the song being played inside someone’s brain— kind of like the movie “Inside Out”- after they are leaving a party, thinking about what they wish would have happened.
But in reality, they are actually just singing to and about themselves.”
Dayglow’s first record, ‘Fuzzybrain’, set forth with the mission of making music that strengthens hope, promotes peace, and—in an especially important turn for Struble—fosters a powerful sense of community. Nothing signifies this more than the reaction ‘Can I Call You Tonight?’, which struck a chord with fans around the world, hit top five at multiple radio formats, and saw over 50 million views of the hyper clever official video on YouTube. With an optimism both hard-won and palpably sincere, ‘Fuzzybrain’ garnered critical acclaim with Billboard, NPR, Ones to Watch, The Talkhouse, and NME. Shows around the world sold out immediately but were paused when the touring world came to a halt in 2020. The new year promises to be even more impressive with the follow up release to boost Dayglow’s already celestial growth.
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Close To You’ artwork
Watch/Listen to ‘Close To You’ HERE
Listen to ‘Can I Call You Tonight’ HERE
Listen to the ‘Fuzzybrain’ mixtape HERE
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