Arlo Parks has shared information of her second album ‘My Soft Machine’ and unveiled its first single ‘Weightless’ – pay attention under.
The Mercury Music Prize-winner beforehand teased that one thing could be introduced at this time (January 18). She has now confirmed that ‘My Soft Machine’ will arrive on May 26 by way of Transgressive Records. Pre-order the album right here.
‘Weightless’, the album’s first single, premiered final evening (January 18) as Clara Amfo’s ‘Hottest Record’ on BBC Radio 1 alongside an interview. Watch the cinematic and putting Marc Oller-directed video for the observe under.
Speaking of the only, Parks stated: “Weightless surrounds the painful experience of caring deeply about someone who only gives you tiny breadcrumbs of affection. It’s about suddenly realising that a person has dulled your edges and embarking on the slow journey back to being a brighter version of yourself.”
In addition to information concerning the album, Parks has introduced a run of headline tour dates throughout the UK and Europe for September, which features a present at London’s Eventim Apollo. See full dates under and entry the pre-sale right here.
SEPTEMBER
5 – Dublin, 3Olympia Theatre
14 – Amsterdam, Paradiso
15 – Brussels, Ancienne Belgique
17 – Berlin, Huxley’s Neue Welt
19 – Milan, Alcatraz
21 – Paris, L’Olympia
28 – London, Eventim Apollo
‘My Soft Machine’ has been described as a “deeply personal body of work” which highlights Parks experiences of navigating life in her 20s. “The world/our view of it is peppered by the biggest things we experience – our traumas, upbringing, vulnerabilities almost like visual snow,” she stated in an announcement concerning the album.
“This record is life through my lens, through my body – the mid 20s anxiety, the substance abuse of friends around me, the viscera of being in love for the first time, navigating PTSD and grief and self sabotage and joy, moving through worlds with wonder and sensitivity – what it’s like to be trapped in this particular body.”
In different information, Parks is ready to carry out at this 12 months’s Primavera Sound Festival for each the Barcelona and Madrid editions. She has additionally been booked to headline this 12 months’s The Great Escape pageant.
this looks like the most important secret I’ve ever needed to maintain in however I can lastly announce that my sophomore album “My Soft Machine” will likely be launched on twenty sixth May 2023!! pic.twitter.com/OqGNhBSJCd
— Arlo Parks (@arloparks) January 18, 2023
Parks launched her first new music for 2022, ‘Softly‘, in February. The single also marked her first release since her Mercury Prize-winning debut album, ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’, landed in 2020.
NME gave that document a five-star evaluation, with Georgia Evans writing: “Arlo Parks may be the voice of Gen Z, but there’s no doubt that this is a universal collection of stories that’ll provide solace for listeners of all ages and backgrounds for decades to come.”
Last 12 months, the singer cancelled quite a few US tour dates to guard her psychological well being. “I am broken,” she stated in an announcement. Parks started a run of exhibits within the States at the beginning of September 2022 however stated that her psychological well being had “deteriorated to a debilitating place” and left her “burnt out”.