Written by Lauren Rosier
Today, indie-pop artist, Dayglow is going to kick-off 2021 with a bang by releasing a new single and video, the song, “Close To You.” The track is the follow-up to “Can I Call You Tonight?”
21-year-old Sloan Struble rose to reach #2 on both the Alternative and Triple A radio charts with a breakout debut. Struble has been hard at work at the studio working on his forthcoming sophomore album, which is due in 2021.
Sonically, Struble grows with this release, yet doesn’t sacrifice the energy or playfulness of Fuzzybrain. On “Close To You,” he relies heavily on 80’s influences like Patti LaBelle, Whitney Houston, and Michael McDonald.
Struble 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 afterward 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.”
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