2021 week 2 | arlo parks

This week, I went into the handy-dandy “songs you might have missed” Spotify playlist and clicked randomly on “green eyes” by Arlo Parks. I was very immediately struck. I then began to notice her and her name on a lot of indie lists, her songs all over best-of lists and indie playlists I had definitely listened to before. There is no definitive album of hers on Spotify, so I just listened to the “This Is Arlo Parks” playlist. And what an artist, phenomenal melodic intention, such moving lyricism, the perfect backdrop to any chill dinner party or afternoon lounging in a sun-filled room. “Hurt” and “Caroline” and not to mention, I just found a small series of videos of her and Phoebe Bridgers collaborating on Radio 1. What a dream. Listen to this artist. Now.