July 15, 2025 • 20 mins
Join us for a vibrant stroll with Dayglow as he celebrates the release of his new album, Superbloom. In this episode of “Takin’ a Walk,” Dayglow (Sloan Struble) opens up about his creative journey—from his Texas roots to the sun-soaked sounds of Southern California—and how stepping outside his comfort zone led to a musical breakthrough. We dive into the joyful energy and originality that define Superbloom, exploring the album’s coming-of-age themes, playful indie-pop hooks, and the colorful, life-affirming spirit that sets Dayglow apart in today’s music scene. Whether you’re a longtime fan or discovering his infectious sound for the first time, this walk is a celebration of growth, creativity, and finding where you’re meant to be.
Support the show: https://musicsavedme.net/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Taking a Walk, I Buzznight and today on Taking a Walk,
we're joined by day Glow, the indie pop sensation whose
infectious melodies and thoughtful lyrics have captured the spirit of
a new generation. As we talk, day Glow, also known
as Sloane Struble, opens up about the creative journey that's
(00:21):
taken him from recording in his Texas bedroom to playing
stages around the world. Will dive into his inspirations, the
stories behind his songs, and the moments of reflection that
shape his music. So join us in a couple of
minutes here after a few words from our sponsors, with
one of today's most exciting young artists, Day Glow. All right,
(00:48):
Day Glow, Sloane Strubel, thanks for being on the Taking
a Walk podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Heck yeah, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah. So, since we call the podcast Taken a Walk,
and since we're not taking a walk, you and I
in person, if you had the opportunity to take a
walk with somebody in the world of music, living or deceased,
what would you take a walk with? And maybe tell
us where you'd like to take that walk?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Oh man, I mean that is I mean, that's like
an infinite question. I feel like there's so many ways
you could answer that. I mean, the first thing comes
to mind is like Paul McCartney. That'd be cool to
go on a walk with Paul McCartney, just ask him,
like how the heck did all of that happen?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
You know, like how did this?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
You know?
Speaker 3 (01:38):
I would just love to hear his perspective of like
how his life began. And then where I would do it.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
I mean freaking anywhere.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
If I get to walk with Paul McCartney, all all
walk anywhere.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
It doesn't matter, right, Yeah, you know. I interviewed a
musician recently by the name of Charles Kelly from the
band Lady A, and Paul McCartney was his choice as well.
So nice. The answers spanned so many different places. That's
why I love the opening question. But thank you for that.
(02:19):
So tell me what your earliest memory of music is
and one that made you feel something really special and
knew you were going to be connected with a life
of music.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
I mean, both of my parents like they were singers,
where they were like singing church and like I guess
like that's where my musical talent comes from. But we
weren't like a musical house, Like I wouldn't really say
like instruments were sitting around the house, and it was
like a thing that was encouraged, especially as a career
(02:53):
at first. But I just yeah, I mean I have
so many things very early development of like pots and
pans on the kitchen floor and all that.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Type of stuff.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
But I think the first time where I just knew
it was like my career was when I was like
ten years old. My cousin showed me garage band. We
were having a garage sale like my family was, and
they came over and he like showed me how to
use garage band, and I was just obsessed with that
(03:26):
whole ecosystem of like iMovie and garage band, all the
things that Apple had, And that just completely opened my
mind to like making stuff because I think music is
the most like innate part of me in the most
way that.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
I like to express myself.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
But I just love to make stuff, Like I'm a
really really curious person, and whether it's video or music
or like you know, woodworking or like three D printing,
Like I have a three D printer in that closet,
and I'm just like always trying to figure out how
stuff works, and garage.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Band was just like the immediate hook.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
And so from that point on, like I never played
video games or I never did any like activities like that,
Like garage band was my game.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
There's my dog again.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
It sounds like it might be a delivery or your
dog has a question for you.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
No, he he's like anybody's that's walking on the street.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
He's just like making himself known today. Hey Bennie, Bennie,
come here.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Hey Vinnie, you want to be on a podcast?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
He would love that. All right, Hey Bennie, come on,
come here.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
He thinks he owns the place because he does. Yeah right, Yeah,
Well you're going to take us inside the creation a
little bit later on of super Bloom and some of
the influences in creative process. But as you're talking about
your fascination with how things work, have you been someone
who likes to kind of reverse engineer things, whether it
(05:09):
be you know, a printer or whether it be you know,
your keyboard. Are you always kind of fixated on just
trying different things?
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Yeah, totally. Yeah. I think there's definitely a sense of like.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
The DIY spirit, where like I have to prove that
I can do it, and I think I'm really just
proving it to myself. And I think, like a really
true intrinsic like look at it would be like I
don't think I can do it, and so I have
to prove to myself that I can. So it's like
(05:49):
a self worth thing and that goes towards like everything
that I create. It's just that sense of like proving
to myself that I can do anything.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
You know.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Where from the outside that might.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Seem like it's coming from a place of like complete confidence,
like I can do anything, but I feel like every
time I'm like restarting, thinking I can't, so I have
to prove that I can do it, which yeah, just
like gives me a very like explorative spirit of like
trying new things. And I'm just like always watching YouTube
(06:28):
and just like tutorial things on like very niche stuff,
and I'm just obsessed with like, yeah, proving that I
can do it for better for worse.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
You know.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Well, it's a great confidence builder. Being curious, and it
really is. Yeah, you know, it sparks so many different
areas in your life, whether it be the musical side
or whether it be with new technology. What are you
taking away these days in the burst upon the scene
in the last certainly couple of years of artificial intelligence.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I'm like I'm trying
to I don't. I really don't know that much about
the AI stuff. Like, you know, it's pretty weird and
like people are like making people that don't exist and
that type of stuff, which just goes into like social
media in general. It's just like I don't know, I
don't know if that's really technically good for us at
(07:32):
least like this version of humanity. Who knows if will
like evolved for it to be good for us or something.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
But I don't know.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
I mean, it's just such a crazy time with artificial
intelligence and art and stuff. But I think, like Rick Rubin,
there's a video and when I was watching it, all
the comments were like saying, what if this is AI?
So because he's like saying, it's a video of Rick
(08:01):
Rubin talking about AI. But then that's the irony. I
don't know if it's real. I'm pretty sure it is,
but he's like talking about AI and saying that the
greatest part of like things that work and art that
stands out is technically like unpredictable error basically, and how
(08:25):
like that's what the human touch is, and like it
can't be reduced down to like one thing that code
could ever write, because humanity doesn't make sense, and like
we are always making mistakes, and that's what propels us
forward is usually like mistakes that end up being a
(08:46):
good thing, and AI like doesn't want to make mistakes
at all, you know, And that's just not how people are.
And I feel like that's how a lot of songs
that I've made get written, is like I accidentally do
something and it's like, oh that worked, you know, Like
the birth of rock and roll was like they like
(09:06):
accidentally broken amp, you know. So I think that's kind
of what propels us forward, and AI doesn't have a
chance with that, you know.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Amen, Well take us through the moment you decided to
start day Glow.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
I was in high school and I lived in a
small town in Texas, and I wasn't around any type
of art scene at all. And yeah, I just, like,
like I was saying, just loved making music. But I
wasn't at all like connected to the industry of any way,
shape or form. Like I didn't even know really anybody
(09:45):
apart from like one of my friends and even liked
music that was like, you know, I care about this band.
Obviously there was like girls that like the Jonas Brothers
or something, but there wasn't like, you know, this band
is cool and I the alternative scene and all that,
Like I have no one around.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Me really cared.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Yeah, I was just making music alone and I decided
to start putting it on the internet just by myself and.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Just put it as the name of day Glow because.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
There was a band or a song that I liked
called day Glow by this band called Brasis.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Yeah, just like released my song's Fuzzy Brain.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
My first album was like just the collection of songs
because I was like, I want to finish an album
by the end of summer and before I go to college.
And so the week I left for college, I just
like uploaded Fuzzy Brain on like tunecore, CD baby or
something for like twenty bucks and then uh yeah, just.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
The algorithm did its thing. It's crazy. I never thought
in a million years that.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
It would be like an actual career, especially to the
extent that it's been already.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
So super grateful for that.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
But yeah, and like can I Call You a Night
and hot Rod and all those songs, I'm like seventeen
in them, and it's like, it's just so crazy to
think like that it's still just propelling my life forward
what I did when I was seventeen.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
You know, it's wild and it must be crazy waking
up one morning and then seeing the fact that, as
you put it, the algorithm had done its job, and yeah,
something has just taken off and gone crazy totally. What
is that feeling?
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Like?
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Man, I think it is a blessing and a curse,
Like it's a virality, is definitely a drug, and like
once you get it, it's like very hard to unwire
your brain to like need the viral thing again.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
And that's just like the way the industry is shaped now.
It's like you have to go viral, which that sucks.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
But yeah, I just remember like one day in college,
I was like getting breakfast and I saw that Spotify
had like naturally put two of my songs on like
a new playlist that they made called bedroom Pop. And
then that's like how everything kind of propelled forward so
(12:25):
random and so organic, So that was cool. It was
cool that like it wasn't planted in any way it
was like really really organic.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Which is cool.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
So who were the biggest musical influences You mentioned Paul
McCartney at the outset certainly, but who are some other
influences and how do they shape your sound to this day.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I was seventeen when I made a lot of Fuzzy
Breen like seventeen and eighteen, and like, I love that music.
But like your music taste changes, especially like in these
formative years, and so it's just changed over time, like
and I think people have seen that happen, like as
my music taste evolves, like the music I'm making is
(13:09):
pretty different, and I think the people that are through
lines through all of it are just the musicians of
the eighties and you know earlier. So like I grew
up listening to a lot of James Taylor, I love
the Beatles, and Paul McCartney, love Paul Simon, I love
(13:30):
Phil Collins, Harmony House. My second album was like very
Doobie Brothers Michael McDonald influenced, and those are kind of
like the true to myself like Bruce Hornsby, like true
to Myself music passions. Then there's also like the alternative
indie stuff, so like this recent album was like a
lot like The Strokes and like Phoenix and just kind
(13:53):
of that era of like you know, twenty ten indie pop.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
So the the project super Bloom has a fascinating array
of songs and styles to it. I'm gonna highlight a
couple of them here and get your reflection on it
and maybe take us inside your mind and your creative process.
First of all, the song broken Bone, tell me about
(14:22):
that one.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
It's like a jam song, so a band I was
really listening to on this most recent record, which is
like totally out of left field, but I was listening
to like King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, so they
do like I mean, they're known for just releasing tons
of music and they have like twenty five albums already
or something.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
But it's like generally just like.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Jam rock, and I was listening to a lot of
that and just like learning how to play the electric
guitar better and with that, like you know, Pink Floyd
and just like epic electric guitar bands and stuff. Was
I think what I was scared to do and embrace
is that like emotional guitar playing type thing where it's like.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Yeah, I don't know. I think Broken Bone is.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Just kind of like facing your fears, and musically I
did that as well and just had like this epic
psych solo at the end. But yeah, it's a song
with like tons of layers, but I'd say just like
mostly about facing your fears and letting life happen, like
(15:36):
letting things break and feeling the pain of that and
then like waiting patiently for them to heal again. Was
generally kind of the ethos behind it.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
It's it's a great one. I want to ask you
about another one that I really like, called Cocoon.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
So yeah, so Cocoon's kind of the same driven feeling
of just like just like a high energy song, like
a lot of the songs on this record. Just my
heart was racing and just like let's go and like
using high energy music to like.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Meet your anxiety.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
So like I always thought, like, you know, if you're
feeling anxious, you should like listen to calm music, which
is probably true, but when listening to King Gizzard, it
clicked for me the connection that people have to like
meddle and high energy like rock music and how it
like makes them peaceful people. Because a lot of people
(16:36):
that like listen to that time of music are like
calm and like chill, and that just never made sense
to me until making this record, where I was like
trying to make these songs that were like addressing and
powering through my anxiety. And I think Cocoon as that
same message, as like broken Bone of just like facing
(16:59):
your fears and just rocking out at the same time.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
You know, you know, a lot of your music I
think showcases that you have so much wisdom, but you're
a young fella. And one song that really strikes me
in that way as well is the one called Old Friend,
New Face. Tell me about that one.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Old Friend New Faces.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
I had had that instrumentation, like the instrumental for a while,
and production wise, I just wanted it to like really
embody that twenty ten MySpace indie pop thing where like
Passion Pit and Tudor Cinema Club and those kind of
bands sonically, but lyrically it's like a song about facing
(17:55):
and embracing like change in other people.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
I guess yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
I mean most of my songs are just about like
growing up and changing and dealing with change and old
friendly faces, like processing change somebody else is going.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Through So what role do you think community, whether it's
it's friends or family or fans, play in your creative life.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Creative life, I mean fans for sure. Like I think
I have a great connection with my fans. I think
my fans are really unique in the way that they're
like really chill people, but they're also for the most
part young. Like I've never had any moments with my
(18:43):
fans that are like like.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
They idolize me in any way.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Like, I definitely feel like I have fans like look
up to me and they care what I have to say,
but like if a fan sees me in the street,
it's never like freaking out or something like everybody's super chill.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
I feel like I'm friends with all my fans.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Which is really cool, and so yeah, I just always
keep in mind like how they'll perceive what's going on, Yeah,
just like the live show and how that'll translate. And
having people in my life as well that just know
what's going on and are there beside me is incredibly important.
I think, like creatively, it's awesome to just have fans
(19:27):
that have like grown up with me, because yeah, like
a lot of my fans are my age and we're
eighteen around Fuzzy Brain, and so like we're all kind
of growing up together, and I have like I'm kind
of like a spokesperson in some ways, and so I'm
like just trying to make sure that I am making
good music at least.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
You know, you must be excited to taking these new
songs to the road.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Yeah, no, I'm stoked.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
We don't have like a tour planned right now, but
really hope and I'm sure we will soon. But yeah,
I love playing live like I love playing shows so much.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Yeah, it's the best.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Well, it's been so great to talk to you. I
want to congratulate you on super Bloom and all your
great work and you're just your creator process. Thank you
for sharing it. It's really just a fantastic to meet you.
Daglo Sloan Struble. Thanks for being on Taking a Walk
and sharing your story.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Oh yeah, thanks for having me. This is great.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a
Walk podcast. Share this and other episodes with your friends
and follow us so you never miss an episode. Taking
a Walk is available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
and wherever you get your podcasts.
Taking a Walk, I Buzznight and today on Taking a Walk,
we're joined by day Glow, the indie pop sensation whose
infectious melodies and thoughtful lyrics have captured the spirit of
a new generation. As we talk, day Glow, also known
as Sloane Struble, opens up about the creative journey that's
(00:21):
taken him from recording in his Texas bedroom to playing
stages around the world. Will dive into his inspirations, the
stories behind his songs, and the moments of reflection that
shape his music. So join us in a couple of
minutes here after a few words from our sponsors, with
one of today's most exciting young artists, Day Glow. All right,
(00:48):
Day Glow, Sloane Strubel, thanks for being on the Taking
a Walk podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Heck yeah, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah. So, since we call the podcast Taken a Walk,
and since we're not taking a walk, you and I
in person, if you had the opportunity to take a
walk with somebody in the world of music, living or deceased,
what would you take a walk with? And maybe tell
us where you'd like to take that walk?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Oh man, I mean that is I mean, that's like
an infinite question. I feel like there's so many ways
you could answer that. I mean, the first thing comes
to mind is like Paul McCartney. That'd be cool to
go on a walk with Paul McCartney, just ask him,
like how the heck did all of that happen?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
You know, like how did this?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
You know?
Speaker 3 (01:38):
I would just love to hear his perspective of like
how his life began. And then where I would do it.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
I mean freaking anywhere.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
If I get to walk with Paul McCartney, all all
walk anywhere.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
It doesn't matter, right, Yeah, you know. I interviewed a
musician recently by the name of Charles Kelly from the
band Lady A, and Paul McCartney was his choice as well.
So nice. The answers spanned so many different places. That's
why I love the opening question. But thank you for that.
(02:19):
So tell me what your earliest memory of music is
and one that made you feel something really special and
knew you were going to be connected with a life
of music.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
I mean, both of my parents like they were singers,
where they were like singing church and like I guess
like that's where my musical talent comes from. But we
weren't like a musical house, Like I wouldn't really say
like instruments were sitting around the house, and it was
like a thing that was encouraged, especially as a career
(02:53):
at first. But I just yeah, I mean I have
so many things very early development of like pots and
pans on the kitchen floor and all that.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Type of stuff.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
But I think the first time where I just knew
it was like my career was when I was like
ten years old. My cousin showed me garage band. We
were having a garage sale like my family was, and
they came over and he like showed me how to
use garage band, and I was just obsessed with that
(03:26):
whole ecosystem of like iMovie and garage band, all the
things that Apple had, And that just completely opened my
mind to like making stuff because I think music is
the most like innate part of me in the most
way that.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
I like to express myself.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
But I just love to make stuff, Like I'm a
really really curious person, and whether it's video or music
or like you know, woodworking or like three D printing,
Like I have a three D printer in that closet,
and I'm just like always trying to figure out how
stuff works, and garage.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Band was just like the immediate hook.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
And so from that point on, like I never played
video games or I never did any like activities like that,
Like garage band was my game.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
There's my dog again.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
It sounds like it might be a delivery or your
dog has a question for you.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
No, he he's like anybody's that's walking on the street.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
He's just like making himself known today. Hey Bennie, Bennie,
come here.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Hey Vinnie, you want to be on a podcast?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
He would love that. All right, Hey Bennie, come on,
come here.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
He thinks he owns the place because he does. Yeah right, Yeah,
Well you're going to take us inside the creation a
little bit later on of super Bloom and some of
the influences in creative process. But as you're talking about
your fascination with how things work, have you been someone
who likes to kind of reverse engineer things, whether it
(05:09):
be you know, a printer or whether it be you know,
your keyboard. Are you always kind of fixated on just
trying different things?
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Yeah, totally. Yeah. I think there's definitely a sense of like.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
The DIY spirit, where like I have to prove that
I can do it, and I think I'm really just
proving it to myself. And I think, like a really
true intrinsic like look at it would be like I
don't think I can do it, and so I have
to prove to myself that I can. So it's like
(05:49):
a self worth thing and that goes towards like everything
that I create. It's just that sense of like proving
to myself that I can do anything.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
You know.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Where from the outside that might.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Seem like it's coming from a place of like complete confidence,
like I can do anything, but I feel like every
time I'm like restarting, thinking I can't, so I have
to prove that I can do it, which yeah, just
like gives me a very like explorative spirit of like
trying new things. And I'm just like always watching YouTube
(06:28):
and just like tutorial things on like very niche stuff,
and I'm just obsessed with like, yeah, proving that I
can do it for better for worse.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
You know.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Well, it's a great confidence builder. Being curious, and it
really is. Yeah, you know, it sparks so many different
areas in your life, whether it be the musical side
or whether it be with new technology. What are you
taking away these days in the burst upon the scene
in the last certainly couple of years of artificial intelligence.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I'm like I'm trying
to I don't. I really don't know that much about
the AI stuff. Like, you know, it's pretty weird and
like people are like making people that don't exist and
that type of stuff, which just goes into like social
media in general. It's just like I don't know, I
don't know if that's really technically good for us at
(07:32):
least like this version of humanity. Who knows if will
like evolved for it to be good for us or something.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
But I don't know.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
I mean, it's just such a crazy time with artificial
intelligence and art and stuff. But I think, like Rick Rubin,
there's a video and when I was watching it, all
the comments were like saying, what if this is AI?
So because he's like saying, it's a video of Rick
(08:01):
Rubin talking about AI. But then that's the irony. I
don't know if it's real. I'm pretty sure it is,
but he's like talking about AI and saying that the
greatest part of like things that work and art that
stands out is technically like unpredictable error basically, and how
(08:25):
like that's what the human touch is, and like it
can't be reduced down to like one thing that code
could ever write, because humanity doesn't make sense, and like
we are always making mistakes, and that's what propels us
forward is usually like mistakes that end up being a
(08:46):
good thing, and AI like doesn't want to make mistakes
at all, you know, And that's just not how people are.
And I feel like that's how a lot of songs
that I've made get written, is like I accidentally do
something and it's like, oh that worked, you know, Like
the birth of rock and roll was like they like
(09:06):
accidentally broken amp, you know. So I think that's kind
of what propels us forward, and AI doesn't have a
chance with that, you know.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Amen, Well take us through the moment you decided to
start day Glow.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
I was in high school and I lived in a
small town in Texas, and I wasn't around any type
of art scene at all. And yeah, I just, like,
like I was saying, just loved making music. But I
wasn't at all like connected to the industry of any way,
shape or form. Like I didn't even know really anybody
(09:45):
apart from like one of my friends and even liked
music that was like, you know, I care about this band.
Obviously there was like girls that like the Jonas Brothers
or something, but there wasn't like, you know, this band
is cool and I the alternative scene and all that,
Like I have no one around.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Me really cared.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
Yeah, I was just making music alone and I decided
to start putting it on the internet just by myself and.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Just put it as the name of day Glow because.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
There was a band or a song that I liked
called day Glow by this band called Brasis.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Yeah, just like released my song's Fuzzy Brain.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
My first album was like just the collection of songs
because I was like, I want to finish an album
by the end of summer and before I go to college.
And so the week I left for college, I just
like uploaded Fuzzy Brain on like tunecore, CD baby or
something for like twenty bucks and then uh yeah, just.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
The algorithm did its thing. It's crazy. I never thought
in a million years that.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
It would be like an actual career, especially to the
extent that it's been already.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
So super grateful for that.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
But yeah, and like can I Call You a Night
and hot Rod and all those songs, I'm like seventeen
in them, and it's like, it's just so crazy to
think like that it's still just propelling my life forward
what I did when I was seventeen.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
You know, it's wild and it must be crazy waking
up one morning and then seeing the fact that, as
you put it, the algorithm had done its job, and yeah,
something has just taken off and gone crazy totally. What
is that feeling?
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Like?
Speaker 3 (11:37):
Man, I think it is a blessing and a curse,
Like it's a virality, is definitely a drug, and like
once you get it, it's like very hard to unwire
your brain to like need the viral thing again.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
And that's just like the way the industry is shaped now.
It's like you have to go viral, which that sucks.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
But yeah, I just remember like one day in college,
I was like getting breakfast and I saw that Spotify
had like naturally put two of my songs on like
a new playlist that they made called bedroom Pop. And
then that's like how everything kind of propelled forward so
(12:25):
random and so organic, So that was cool. It was
cool that like it wasn't planted in any way it
was like really really organic.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Which is cool.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
So who were the biggest musical influences You mentioned Paul
McCartney at the outset certainly, but who are some other
influences and how do they shape your sound to this day.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I was seventeen when I made a lot of Fuzzy
Breen like seventeen and eighteen, and like, I love that music.
But like your music taste changes, especially like in these
formative years, and so it's just changed over time, like
and I think people have seen that happen, like as
my music taste evolves, like the music I'm making is
(13:09):
pretty different, and I think the people that are through
lines through all of it are just the musicians of
the eighties and you know earlier. So like I grew
up listening to a lot of James Taylor, I love
the Beatles, and Paul McCartney, love Paul Simon, I love
(13:30):
Phil Collins, Harmony House. My second album was like very
Doobie Brothers Michael McDonald influenced, and those are kind of
like the true to myself like Bruce Hornsby, like true
to Myself music passions. Then there's also like the alternative
indie stuff, so like this recent album was like a
lot like The Strokes and like Phoenix and just kind
(13:53):
of that era of like you know, twenty ten indie pop.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
So the the project super Bloom has a fascinating array
of songs and styles to it. I'm gonna highlight a
couple of them here and get your reflection on it
and maybe take us inside your mind and your creative process.
First of all, the song broken Bone, tell me about
(14:22):
that one.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
It's like a jam song, so a band I was
really listening to on this most recent record, which is
like totally out of left field, but I was listening
to like King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, so they
do like I mean, they're known for just releasing tons
of music and they have like twenty five albums already
or something.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
But it's like generally just like.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Jam rock, and I was listening to a lot of
that and just like learning how to play the electric
guitar better and with that, like you know, Pink Floyd
and just like epic electric guitar bands and stuff. Was
I think what I was scared to do and embrace
is that like emotional guitar playing type thing where it's like.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Yeah, I don't know. I think Broken Bone is.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Just kind of like facing your fears, and musically I
did that as well and just had like this epic
psych solo at the end. But yeah, it's a song
with like tons of layers, but I'd say just like
mostly about facing your fears and letting life happen, like
(15:36):
letting things break and feeling the pain of that and
then like waiting patiently for them to heal again. Was
generally kind of the ethos behind it.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
It's it's a great one. I want to ask you
about another one that I really like, called Cocoon.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
So yeah, so Cocoon's kind of the same driven feeling
of just like just like a high energy song, like
a lot of the songs on this record. Just my
heart was racing and just like let's go and like
using high energy music to like.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Meet your anxiety.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
So like I always thought, like, you know, if you're
feeling anxious, you should like listen to calm music, which
is probably true, but when listening to King Gizzard, it
clicked for me the connection that people have to like
meddle and high energy like rock music and how it
like makes them peaceful people. Because a lot of people
(16:36):
that like listen to that time of music are like
calm and like chill, and that just never made sense
to me until making this record, where I was like
trying to make these songs that were like addressing and
powering through my anxiety. And I think Cocoon as that
same message, as like broken Bone of just like facing
(16:59):
your fears and just rocking out at the same time.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
You know, you know, a lot of your music I
think showcases that you have so much wisdom, but you're
a young fella. And one song that really strikes me
in that way as well is the one called Old Friend,
New Face. Tell me about that one.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Old Friend New Faces.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
I had had that instrumentation, like the instrumental for a while,
and production wise, I just wanted it to like really
embody that twenty ten MySpace indie pop thing where like
Passion Pit and Tudor Cinema Club and those kind of
bands sonically, but lyrically it's like a song about facing
(17:55):
and embracing like change in other people.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
I guess yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
I mean most of my songs are just about like
growing up and changing and dealing with change and old
friendly faces, like processing change somebody else is going.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Through So what role do you think community, whether it's
it's friends or family or fans, play in your creative life.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Creative life, I mean fans for sure. Like I think
I have a great connection with my fans. I think
my fans are really unique in the way that they're
like really chill people, but they're also for the most
part young. Like I've never had any moments with my
(18:43):
fans that are like like.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
They idolize me in any way.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Like, I definitely feel like I have fans like look
up to me and they care what I have to say,
but like if a fan sees me in the street,
it's never like freaking out or something like everybody's super chill.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
I feel like I'm friends with all my fans.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Which is really cool, and so yeah, I just always
keep in mind like how they'll perceive what's going on, Yeah,
just like the live show and how that'll translate. And
having people in my life as well that just know
what's going on and are there beside me is incredibly important.
I think, like creatively, it's awesome to just have fans
(19:27):
that have like grown up with me, because yeah, like
a lot of my fans are my age and we're
eighteen around Fuzzy Brain, and so like we're all kind
of growing up together, and I have like I'm kind
of like a spokesperson in some ways, and so I'm
like just trying to make sure that I am making
good music at least.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
You know, you must be excited to taking these new
songs to the road.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Yeah, no, I'm stoked.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
We don't have like a tour planned right now, but
really hope and I'm sure we will soon. But yeah,
I love playing live like I love playing shows so much.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Yeah, it's the best.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Well, it's been so great to talk to you. I
want to congratulate you on super Bloom and all your
great work and you're just your creator process. Thank you
for sharing it. It's really just a fantastic to meet you.
Daglo Sloan Struble. Thanks for being on Taking a Walk
and sharing your story.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Oh yeah, thanks for having me. This is great.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a
Walk podcast. Share this and other episodes with your friends
and follow us so you never miss an episode. Taking
a Walk is available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
and wherever you get your podcasts.
Host
Lynn Hoffman
Popular Podcasts
Crime Junkie
Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.
24/7 News: The Latest
The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.