Arlo Parks
Live Review: 20 Years Of Transgressive Records at Regents Park Open Air Theatre with Arlo Parks and Marika Hackman 15.07.2024
By Victoria Wai “Thank you for being with me on this rainy adventure. I feel like this is going to be one of those unforgettable gigs,” and Arlo Parks wasn’t wrong as she headlined this stormy Regents Park Open Air Theatre night. I’ve admired The Open Air Theatre from afar so with a double bill …
100 albums of 2021 you shouldn’t miss, plus playlist
In a moment a folly, I (not me and my editorial team, or my writers, or indeed anyone) decided to make a playlist of the year. Not one of those in order ones, just a playlist of good records, written by the esteemed writers here at Backseat Mafia. I don’t know what possessed me to …
ALBUM REVIEW: ARLO PARKS ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’
…far from channelling the swirling rivers of turbulent backgrounds for inspiration, as many do, somehow she has created energy, power, message and depth out of still waters…
SEE: Arlo Parks – ‘Caroline’: extra UK dates for next summer
MAY WE talk of one of the artists to properly keep an eye on in ’21? We may? Excellent. Arlo Parks grew up in South-West London, a self-confessed tomboy, super-sensitive, who sums her teenage self up as “a black kid who can’t dance for shit, listens to emo music and currently has a crush on …
See: Arlo Parks reveals new video for ‘Hurt’
Arlo Parks has released a brand new video for her track, premiered as it was, as the Hottest Record on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 Show. It’s the follow up to her recent lauded single Black Dog, which has received almost 10 million streams worldwide. Of the new track, Arlo says “‘Hurt’ surrounds the possibility …
See: Arlo Parks reveals new video for ‘Black Dog’
Arlo Parks has released her latest single, ‘Black Dog’, a track she describes as being about “the feeling of helplessness that comes along with watching a loved one suffer”, adding, “it’s supposed to make people who are struggling feel less isolated and start a conversation surrounding the prevalence of mental health issues in today’s world.“. Premiering …