Arlo Parks has introduced her full-length follow-up to 2021’s Collapsed in Sunbeams, My Comfortable Machine. It’s out Might twenty sixth, and he or she’s additionally shared the lead single, “Weightless.”

In a press release, the London-based singer-songwriter revealed the inspiration behind her sophomore LP in addition to its title, which she lifted from the 2019 Joanna Hogg movie, The Memento. “The world/our view of it’s peppered by the most important issues we expertise – our traumas, upbringing, vulnerabilities virtually like visible snow,” she shared. “This document is life by way of my lens, by way of my physique – the mid-20’s anxiousness, the substance abuse of pals round me, the viscera of being in love for the primary time, navigating P.T.S.D. and grief and self-sabotage and pleasure, transferring by way of worlds with surprise and sensitivity – what it’s prefer to be trapped on this specific physique.”

For the origins of the album’s title, Parks recognized a quote by Tom Burke’s character in The Memento that completely summarized the entire challenge’s themes: “In an early scene he’s explaining why individuals watch movies – ‘We don’t need to see life as it’s performed out, we need to see life as it’s skilled on this delicate machine.’ So there we now have it, the document known as… My Comfortable Machine.”

The 12-track album contains a contribution from Phoebe Bridgers, and the lead single, “Weightless,” reveals simply how far Parks has come within the two years since her debut LP dropped. The sunshine, dreamy vocals nonetheless float within the combine, however they’re punctuated by a swirling synth manufacturing, ethereal vocal splices, and a thumping beat. The complete observe showcases her rising maturity as an artist, and he or she sounds extra assured than ever whereas delivering a spoken-word piece over the bridge. “Weightless” comes with a music video, and you’ll test it out beneath.

My Comfortable Machine follows Arlo Parks’ spectacular debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, which earned her our Artist of the Month distinction in January 2021 and later ranked amongst our Prime Albums of 2021.

The Grammy-nominated artist spent a lot of the previous 12 months on the street, opening for the likes of Harry Types, Clairo, Billie Eilish, and Florence + The Machine, whereas additionally internet hosting pageant performances at Glastonbury and Coachella, each which featured her shock backing vocals throughout units by Phoebe Bridgers and Lorde, respectively. She additionally launched her lone 2022 single, “Softly,” in February. Later this 12 months she’ll play Primavera Sound, and this fall she’ll embark on a UK and European tour. Tickets can be found right here.

In September, Parks introduced that she must cancel per week’s price of solo US tour dates so as to handle mounting psychological well being struggles because of intensive touring. “I pushed myself unhealthily, additional and tougher than I ought to’ve,” she shared in a press release. “It’s painful to confess that my psychological well being has deteriorated to a debilitating place, that I’m not okay, that I’m a human being with limits.” Her resolution got here at a time when a number of fellow artists made comparable calls to postpone or outright cancel their excursions, opening up a dialog on the right way to greatest deal with reside music’s lingering issues amidst the pandemic.

My Comfortable Machine Art work:

My Comfortable Machine Tracklist:
01. Bruiseless
02. Impurities
03. Devotion
04. Blades
05. Purple Section
06. Weightless
07. Pegasus ft. Phoebe Bridgers
08. Canine Rose
09. Pet
10. I’m Sorry
11. Room (pink wings)
12. Ghost