Arlo Parks Announces Third Album Ambiguous Desire

Arlo Parks, the Mercury Prize-winning artist known for her introspective indie-folk sound, has announced her third studio album, Ambiguous Desire, set for release on April 3 via Transgressive Records. The project arrives alongside the lead single "2SIDED," a track that signals a shift toward dance-infused rhythms and themes of emotional longing.

The album marks Parks' follow-up to her 2023 release My Soft Machine and builds on the success of her 2021 debut Collapsed in Sunbeams, which earned her the Mercury Prize and a Grammy nomination for best new artist. Produced in collaboration with Baird, a key figure from Brockhampton who has worked with Kevin Abstract, Ambiguous Desire emerged from a period of personal exploration. Parks immersed herself in nightlife scenes, drawing inspiration from artists like The Streets, LCD Soundsystem, Burial, and Theo Parrish, as well as the historic queer club culture of New York's Paradise Garage.

In a statement, Parks described the creative process as liberating. "I danced more than ever as I made this record, I made more friends than ever too, found myself in the weird underbelly of New York juke nights, unleashed, laughed and laughed and...