Dayglow — FrontRowPerspective

There’s a particular type of magic required to fill an outdoor stadium with a sound originally cooked up in a Texas bedroom, but under a crisp late September sky, Dayglow didn't just meet the moment, they owned it. Sloan Struble and his band strode onto the Hershey Park Stadium stage on Saturday night and immediately proved that their brand of meticulously constructed, relentlessly joyful indiepop has scaled perfectly for the arena circuit.

The evening began with the shimmering guitar hooks of “Ricochet,” setting a neon-lit standard that rarely dipped. Struble, impossibly relaxed yet beaming, was the charismatic center of a hyper-efficient machine. The band, tight as a drum machine and radiating mutual joy, quickly launched into “Hot Rod.” Here, the drums hit with a garage-rock crunch, momentarily dropping the synth sheen for pure, irresistible energy, sparking the first of many unified crowd jumps that rattled the stands.

Dayglow’s brilliance lies in its ability to translate everyday anxiety into flawless, danceable architecture. This tension was best showcased during the mid-set transition from the deep-groove funk of “False Direction” into the smooth, breezy cool of “Close to You.” The lighting shifted from high-contrast blue and pink to a nostalgic amber, transforming the stadium into a giant, shared space of youthful introspection.

Of course, the undeniable emotional apex arrived with the song that started it all: “Can I Call You Tonight?” The moment Struble hit the opening synth line, a collective, soaring roar went up from the Pennsylvania faithful. For three glorious minutes, the track felt less like a performance and more like a mass karaoke session, with Struble conducting the audience as they belted out every single word. This was the pure, unadulterated sound of shared nostalgia and current-day euphoria colliding.

The Texas native saved the true dance party for the finale. After the dizzying, angular guitars of “Listerine,” Struble capped the night with “Change Song” and the ultimate catharsis: “Run the World!!!” It was a dizzying, maximalist explosion of sound, color, and movement, solidifying the realization that Dayglow isn’t just riding the synth-pop wave, they are generating the tide. By the time the last echo faded, Struble had successfully turned 30,000 strangers into a single, vibrating collective, proving that in 2025, Dayglow is simply a feeling you can’t refuse.