{"id":8021,"date":"2026-01-13T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/arlo-parks-new-album\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:30:00","slug":"arlo-parks-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/arlo-parks-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlo Parks Dances To A New Beat On Third LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/LEAD_ArloParks_JoshuaGordon-1-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1720\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>(photo: Joshua Gordon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two-time Grammy nominee Arlo Parks finds sanctuary on the dance floor on her third album, <em>Ambiguous Desire<\/em>, which will arrive April 3 from Transgressive. The 12-track effort is led by the bass-heavy single \u201c2SIDED,\u201d on which Parks yearns to know if her romantic feelings will be reciprocated by the person making her heart race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2SIDED\u201d is accompanied by a Molly Burdett-directed video, which can be seen below. \u201cIt was a rough animal at first,\u201d the London-reared, Los Angeles-based Parks tells SPIN of the song in her first interview about <em>Ambiguous Desire<\/em>. \u201cI thought, how do I slightly tame this to make it not absolutely obliterating on the ears? But I think it was important for it to feel slightly looming. There\u2019s something a bit foreboding about it, but in a way that then explodes into this more euphoric, heart-on-sleeve feeling of being a teenager and how those first feelings rip you apart. You do feel like it\u2019s the end of the world, in a kind of beautiful way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/bottlerock-napa-valley-lineup\/\">Foo Fighters, Lorde, LCD Bound For BottleRock<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/patti-smith-still-blazing-after-50-years-of-horses\/\">Patti Smith: Still Blazing After 50 Years of \u2018Horses\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/the-faints-todd-fink-on-agenda-suicide-and-the-art-of-not-playing-it-safe\/\">The Faint\u2019s Todd Fink on \u2018Agenda Suicide\u2019 and the Art of Not Playing It Safe<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And while Parks\u2019 prior music has occasionally touched on more electronic- and dance-forward sounds, <em>Ambiguous Desire<\/em> leans fully into this realm with the help of band member and Brockhampton\/Kevin Abstract producer Baird, who also backed the artist at three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6o1yYuPQxpY&amp;pp=ygUKYXJsbyBwYXJrcw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\">intimate preview shows<\/a> late last year in London, New York and Los Angeles. Three of the new songs (\u201cGet Go,\u201d \u201cNightswimming,\u201d \u201cWhat if I Say It?\u201d) were produced by Parks\u2019 longtime collaborator Paul Epworth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo much of it was me and Baird in [music production program] Ableton having those happy accidents and going back to the basics,\u201d Parks says of the album\u2019s sonic detour, which was greatly influenced by such U.K. forefathers as Underworld, Massive Attack and Burial. \u201cWe wanted these 100 to 120 BPM drum patterns to feel unique and bring the warmth into them, but also for there to be this nostalgic quality. That\u2019s what we had to almost study. What are the things we\u2019re keeping? What are the things we\u2019re stripping from it? And also, just patience. We had to sit and be like, okay, we\u2019re not just going to make this in one day. It\u2019s going to be tweaks on tweaks, like an oil painting where you\u2019re making slow adjustments over months.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"BGxBY7atiY8\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Parks has never shied away from singing about such sensitive subjects as sexuality, gender and depression, but on <em>Ambiguous Desire<\/em>, those sentiments are deftly balanced by the emotional rollercoaster of deep, unexpected love and newfound co-habitation. \u201cBeing in the same household \u2014 accumulating books, watching films together, being steeped in each other\u2019s art and also having our individual practices \u2014 gave me more space to just play,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was inspiring in a profound way on like 10 different levels, which is really special. I haven\u2019t really had that before \u2014 creating a home with somebody who also understands how sacred home is.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1290\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/IMG_20251129_0004-1290x860.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-652003\" style=\"width:881px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/IMG_20251129_0004-1290x860.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/IMG_20251129_0004-340x227.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/IMG_20251129_0004-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/IMG_20251129_0004-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/IMG_20251129_0004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/IMG_20251129_0004-498x332.jpg 498w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/IMG_20251129_0004-1668x1112.jpg 1668w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arlo Parks and Baird performing together in London in November 2025 (photo: Alistair Mcveigh).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other <em>Ambiguous Desire<\/em> highlights include the head-nodding, Goldie- and Prince-referencing opener \u201cBlue Disco,\u201d the soul-baring, breakbeat-bolstered \u201cBeams\u201d and the righteous Sampha duet \u201cSenses,\u201d which feels lifted straight from the artist\u2019s journal. \u201cI listened to him freestyle for hours and hours and hours over the track. He had scribbled down some poetry and was finding the shape of it, and I was just in awe of that process,\u201d Parks says of Sampha. \u201cWe were watching some crazy Afro-futurist film with the sound off. It made for a very spiritual afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Ambiguous Desire<\/em> is the follow-up to 2023\u2019s U.K. top 10 hit <em>My Soft Machine<\/em>, which featured the Phoebe Bridgers collab \u201cPegasus.\u201d Having not toured since the fall of 2024, Parks is chomping at the bit to support the new album with live shows later this year. \u201cI just want to get back in front of people again,\u201d says the artist, who has previously opened massive international gigs for Billie Eilish and Harry Styles. \u201cHonestly, I\u2019ve been in my little cave for so long. I\u2019m ready to pop out.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-here-is-the-track-list-for-ambiguous-desire\">Here is the track list for <em>Ambiguous Desire<\/em>:<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cBlue Disco\u201d<br \/>\u201cJetta\u201d<br \/>\u201cGet Go\u201d<br \/>\u201cSenses\u201d featuring Sampha<br \/>\u201cHeaven\u201d<br \/>\u201cBeams\u201d<br \/>\u201cSouth Seconds\u201d<br \/>\u201cNightswimming\u201d<br \/>\u201c2SIDED\u201d<br \/>\u201cLuck of Life\u201d<br \/>\u201cWhat if I Say It?\u201d<br \/>\u201cFloette\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(photo: Joshua Gordon) Two-time Grammy nominee Arlo Parks finds sanctuary on the dance floor on her third album, Ambiguous Desire, which will arrive April 3 from Transgressive. 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