Arlo Parks – Beams
Today, twice Grammy-nominated, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award–winning artist Arlo Parks unveils the final taste of her forthcoming album Ambiguous Desire with focus track “Beams” – an emotionally charged exploration of pain, numbness and self-acceptance surrounding the devastating theme of suicide framed by shimmering chords and tender lyrics.
The song features on Parks’ third album, set for release this Friday on Transgressive Records.
Arlo shares about the new song, “It’s about the pain of feeling discarded, or feeling like the oldest hurt that you carry around like a stone is a burden not just to you but to everyone around you – the worst fear. It’s about numbness and fight, flight or freeze. But it’s also about trying to (slowly but surely) want better for yourself and realise that you are loveable as a whole.”
“Beams” joins previously released singles “Get Go”, “Heaven”, and “2SIDED”, which together showcase Arlo Parks’ most vulnerable, self-affirming, and euphoric work to date.
Arlo Parks will be performing a series of sold-out intimate UK record store shows to celebrate the album’s release, offering fans a rare chance to experience a live performance in an up-close setting. Arlo is also hosting a DJ party at Palais in Peckham on April 23rd with Lil Silva, Oscar Farrell and Sherelle (details in the flyer below) and will be appearing for a special support performance with David Byrne in Ireland this June.
Following the celebratory UK dates around the album release Arlo will be heading on a global headline tour with stops across North America beginning in August in Washington, DC and heading through Montreal, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York and more.
RECORD STORE DATES + FESTIVALS
4/2 – London, UK @ Rough Trade x fabric – SOLD OUT
4/4 – Leeds, UK @ Crash x Wardrobe – SOLD OUT
4/6 – Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade Nottingham x Rescue Rooms – SOLD OUT
4/7 – London, UK @ Rough Trade East – SOLD OUT
4/8 – London, UK @ Banquet x Circuit – SOLD OUT
4/9 – Brighton, UK @ Resident x CHALK – SOLD OUT
4/11 – Oxford, UK @ Truck x O2 Academy – SOLD OUT
4/12 – Southampton, UK @ Vinilo x The 1865 – SOLD OUT
6/7 – Dublin, Ireland @ St Anne’s Park (David Byrne support)
7/24 – Yuzuwa, Japan @ Fuji Rock Festival
Tour Dates:
8/29 – Washington, DC @ The Howard Theatre
8/31 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
9/1 – Boston, MA @ Royale
9/3 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
9/4 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
9/5 – Detroit, MI @ Lincoln Factory
9/9 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
9/10 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
9/14 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
9/15 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s
9/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
9/19 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
9/21 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
9/22 – Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum Theatre
9/23 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
9/25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
9/26 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
9/29 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
10/1 – Queens, NY @ Knockdown Center
10/17 – Dublin, Ireland @ The Ambassador Theatre
10/20 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
10/24 – Glasgow, UK @ Old Fruitmarket
10/25 – Bristol, UK @ The Prospect Building
10/26 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
10/28 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ TivoliVredenburg
10/30 – Cologne, Germany @ Carlswerk Victoria
10/31 – Berlin, Germany @ Uber Eats Music Hall
11/3 – Brussels, Belgium @ Cirque Royal
11/7 – Paris, France @ La Gaite Lyrique
11/8 – Paris, France @ La Gaite Lyrique
11/10 – Madrid, Spain @ La Riviera
11/11 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Lisboa ao Vivo
11/13 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Apolo
11/16 – Munich, Germany @ Muffathalle
11/18 – Warsaw, Poland @ Palladium
11/19 – Vienna, Austria @ Arena Wien
11/21 – Prague, Czech Republic @ ARCHA+
11/22 – Budapest, Hungary @ Akvárium Klub
11/24 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Kaufleuten
11/26 – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg @ den Atelier
11/29 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Store Vega
12/1 – Oslo, Norway @ Parkteatret
12/2 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Slaktkyrkan
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