Collapsed in Sunbeams [Limited Deep Red]

Description

The hotly tipped 20-year-old singer-songwriter debuts with a cool, confident record.

After releasing her debut single Cola in 2018, 20-year-old London poet Arlo Parks won the approval of virtually every possible tastemaker. Michelle Obama put her on a playlist; Hayley Wililams nearly included her as a tour opener, and Phoebe Bridgers covered Radioheads Fake Plastic Trees with Parks on piano and harmonies.

While prepping her debut album, Parks collaborated with festival favorites Glass Animals and R&B newcomers MICHELLE. Its not hard to see why she has so much support; Parks songwriting is affectionate and friendly, never straining too hard, always cool and collected. Nearly every song has a message of comforton the opener, she sings, You shouldnt be afraid to cry in front of me, while the chorus of Hope goes, Youre not alone/Like you think you are, over light trip-hop.

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