Semi-New Song Sunday: Arlo Parks

I’ve had good luck with the algorithm this week: just five minutes ago, I checked Apple Music to see if there were any interesting recommendations, and it offered up Collapsed in Sunbeams by Arlo Parks. “Hope” is a standout song because it’s the mission statement of the album: uplifting music about a topic with substance.

It first reminds me of Morcheeba, probably because that’s the only frame of reference I have for a British woman singing over a lofi electronic track. Parks’s music isn’t as musically complex or unusual as even Morcheeba’s (which deliberately is about “chill”1 more than challenge) but the lyrics are much more complex.

I also like “Portra 400” from the same album.

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In quotes because using chill as an adjective is a huge pet peeve for me

1 In quotes because using chill as an adjective is a huge pet peeve for me