Vistas just released their latest single, ‘Dayglow,’ this past week (25 May). It is the third single they’ve released from their upcoming second album, ‘What Were You Hoping to Find,’ following ‘Start Again’ (30 March) and ‘Stuck in Your Head’ (27 April). And true to form, it’s a lively alt-pop song that somehow reminds one of days’ past, reminiscing about youth while still experiencing some of those youthful days.
In chatting with Far Out, lead singer Prentice Robertson talks about how the single came about from trying to have an optimistic outlook on lockdown: “At that time, I would often daydream about things I wanted to do when lockdown ended and I found that was a good way for me to deal with what was happening. It made me miss those lost nights with my favourite people but also made me optimistic that they would happen again and that’s what helped pull me through.”
‘dayglow’ out now! the newest single from our second album ‘what were you hoping to find’ is out now! we love it loads and hope you do too. here’s some film photos we took in london last month
listen here – https://t.co/M6hh9srHEF pic.twitter.com/AZoF3qcV52
— vistas (@vistasmusic) May 25, 2021
And it seems the current pandemic has been a driving force behind the entire album; the Scottish band shares that the concept for it is based around the feeling of uncertainty and maybe not having the answers, but showing that just asking the questions is enough. They also were able to pen the album relatively quickly thanks to all of the unexpected free time. According to Dork, Robertson explains, “I guess the pandemic probably nudged that forward by giving us time to focus more on writing. It’s also difficult for bands to do much else than write, record and release music during this period of time and we wanted people to have some new tunes to look forward to when we eventually get back to gigging safely.”
The indie rock band had originally scheduled a slew of UK gigs scheduled for November and December of 2020, and after two postponements, the tour is now rescheduled to September and December of 2021. They will be playing songs from their debut album, ‘Everything Changes in the End,’ which reached 21 on UK charts and no. 1 on the UK’s Independent Albums Charts. And now that there’s been a bit more time than originally planned, attendees will likely get to hear ‘Dayglow’ live and other songs from their second album, which will be out on 20 August. You can purchase tickets for their tour here and listen to ‘Dayglow’ below.
