Arlo Parks

Kalmomi ta Zachary Way

An haife shi a farkon sabon karni, Mawaki/mawaƙi ɗan shekara ashirin London Arlo Parks kusan ta yi ishara ta hanyar kiɗan da ke da alaƙa da yawancin abin da ke tattare da rayuwar zamani: bayanai sun yi yawa da nisantar birni amma kuma farin cikin samari da soyayyar matasa. Fiye da EP guda biyu da maɗaukaki da yawa, wuraren shakatawa na Paris-da-Nigeria sun kafa kanta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi tursasawa da ƙwararrun masu fasaha a kusa.. Za ta iya zana wani yanayi na kusa da sabon labari amma kuma ta ja baya don rera azabar dukan tsara. Kamar yadda Lorde ya yi a shekarun baya Jaruma Zakka (2013), Parks yana kawo masu sauraro zuwa bikin, yana bayyana damuwar dake boye, kuma a ƙarshe yana ba da balm mai daraja don su sami dumi daga.

Waƙar take ta kashe kyakkyawan sakinta na farko, Super Bakin ciki Generation (2018), ya bayyana matasa wanda "suna kashe lokaci kuma suna asarar albashinmu" amma mawallafin waƙa mai tsananin tausayi yana magana, maimakon kasa zuwa, wadannan matasa masu tada hankali, suna tsaye gefensu cikin bacin rai. Kamar ɗaya daga cikin masu fasaha da ta fi so, Sarki Krule, Wuraren shakatawa suna tafiya ta wani wuri mai launin toka a London akan irin wannan jazzy, wakoki masu goyon bayan yatsa kamar "Sharar Romantic" amma ta rike garin kusa da zuciyarta. Kamar yadda ta ce ta hanyar imel daga Ingila, "Na girma a Landan ya fallasa ni ga ɗimbin ƙirƙira masu ban sha'awa, nau'ikan mutane daban-daban, kuma ya faɗaɗa hanina. Duk wani abu mai mahimmanci da ya taɓa faruwa da ni ya faru a Landan."

Ko tana ta'aziyyar kawarta ta hanyar hazo na bakin ciki akan hanyar jama'a, "Wakar Mala'ika" daga na biyu EP, Sophie (2019) or walking with a peer to the "corner store" on the R&B-tinged single, "Black Dog," Parks emerges as a street scribe who has seen quite a lot in her two decades on earth. While much of her musical taste, which spans everything from Nina Simone to Elliott Smith, was culled from YouTube and her uncle's vast record collection, the musician always carries a notebook with her and is a deft portraitist of her surroundings.

"I've always been drawn to very sensory, rich writing," she explains, citing Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, as an inspiration. Parks' masterfully concise lyrics are, in fact, abundant in vivid particulars, such as a "t-shirt in the rain" from the Meshell Ndegeocello-esque "Cola" kuma "petals by the pool" on the tight guitar song, "George." Irin wannan rubutun yana da kusancin silima wanda babu shakka ta raba shi da kowa face Radiohead, iconic wanda "Kurakurai" A baya an ba ta a sautin piano mai hawaye.

Lokacin da aka tambaye shi abin da ke sa almara dutse quintet dawwama, Ta ce, "Rubutun Thom Yorke yana da rauni, yanke da damuwa. A matsayin band, su ne shapeshifters cewa tafiya a fadin daban-daban sonic palettes tare da sauƙi." Sauraron abin da ya kai kimanin awa daya na kidan ta ya zuwa yanzu, mutum ya gane cewa Parks kanta wani abu ne na transformer. Super Bakin ciki Generation shi kaɗai yana ratsa nau'ikan kiɗan iri daban-daban kamar fataccen mafarki, hip-hop, jazz, da neo-rai amma tare da ban mamaki finesse. Mutum na iya tsammanin irin wannan melding na nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan ma'amala ma'amala ana iya tsammanin ana tsammanin za'a sami LP na farko mai zuwa, Rushewar Rana Bim, wanda zai fito a farkon shekara mai zuwa.

Tattaunawa akan kundin da ake jira sosai, Parks ya ce ƙirƙirar shi ne "mai zafi, m, mai tsanani, kuma ya shigo cikin tsiro; ilham zata bugi kamar walƙiya, Kuma zan kasance ina yin kullun daga gare ni har zuwa farkon sa'o'i." Aiki mai wahala tabbas zai biya a matsayin Arlo Parks, har ma da karancin shekarunta, ta yi wani irin sauti mai ban sha'awa nata, duka melancholy da farin ciki, hakan ya taimaka, kuma zai ci gaba da taimakawa, masu sauraro ta cikin waɗannan lokuta masu wahala da kuma shekaru masu zuwa.