Arlo Parks

Mashoko by Zachary Way

Akazvarwa mukutanga kwemireniyamu itsva, ane makore makumi maviri okukura London muimbi/detembi Arlo Parks anenge akasaina kuburikidza nemhando yake-yekusanganisa mimhanzi yakawanda yezvinoumba hupenyu hwazvino: ruzivo rwakawandisa uye kuparadzaniswa kwemadhorobha asiwo mufaro wevechiri kuyaruka uye rudo rwechidiki. Pakati pemaEP maviri uye akati wandei singles, iyo Paris-ne-Nigeria-midzi Parks yakazvisimbisa semumwe weanomanikidza uye anopinza maartist akatenderedza. Anogona kupenda chiitiko chepedyo neruzivo rwakadzama asi zvakare kudzoka kumashure kuti aimbe kurwadziwa kwechizvarwa chose. Sezvakaita Lorde makore mashoma apfuura Heroine yakachena (2013), Mapaki anounza vateereri kumabiko, anofumura kushushikana kwakavanda, uye pakupedzisira inopa balm inokosha kwavari kuti vawane kudziya kubva.

Musoro wetiyo kubva paakanakisa kuburitswa kwake kwekutanga, Super Sad Generation (2018), inotsanangura vechidiki avo "vari kuuraya nguva uye kurasikirwa nemari yedu" asi munyori wenziyo ane tsitsi huru anotaura, pane kudzika, pwere dzinonetsa idzi, vakamira padivi pavo mukutsamwa kwavo. Semumwe wevanyori vaanofarira, Mambo Krule, Mapaki anofamba nemuLondon grey pane jazzy yakadaro, munwe snap-backed nziyo se "Romantic Garbage" asi akabatirira guta pamwoyo wake. Sezvaanotaura kuburikidza ne-e-mail kubva kuEngland, "Kukura muLondon kwakandiratidza kune zvakawanda zvinokurudzira zvekugadzira, marudzi akasiyana-siyana evanhu, uye akawedzera maonero angu. Zvese zvakakosha zvakamboitika kwandiri zvakaitika muLondon."

Kunyangwe ari kunyaradza shamwari kuburikidza nemhute yekusuwa munzira yechivanhu, "Rwiyo rweNgirozi" kubva kuEP yake yechipiri, 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" uye "petals by the pool" on the tight guitar song, "George." Kunyora kwakadaro kune yepedyo cinematic mhando yaanogovera pasina mumwe kunze kweRadiohead, ane mufananidzo "Creep" akambopihwa a kurira kwepiyano inochema.

Paakabvunzwa kuti chii chinoita kuti dombo rekare quintet rigare, anoti, "Kunyora kwaThom Yorke kuri panjodzi, kucheka uye kunetseka. Sebhendi, iwo maumbirwo anofamba achiyambuka akasiyana sonic palettes zviri nyore." Kuteerera kune zvinokwana kuita ingangoita awa imwe chete yemumhanzi wake kusvika parizvino, mumwe anonzwa kuti Parks pachake chimwe chinhu che transformer. Super Sad Generation ega anofamba akasiyana masitaera emimhanzi seyekurota pop, hip-hop, jazz, uye neo-soul asi nekunaka kunokatyamadza. Mumwe anogona kutarisira kusanganiswa kwakadaro kwemhando pane yake iri kuuya yekutanga LP, Yakanyura Zuva Matanda, iri kubuda kutanga kwegore rinouya.

Kukurukurirana pamusoro pedambarefu rinotarisirwa zvikuru, Parks anoti kuigadzira kwaive "zvinorwadza, zvinofadza, intense, uye akauya nezvipikisi; kufemerwa kwaizorova semheni, uye ndinenge ndichimonyorora donhwe rekupedzisira kubva mandiri kusvika mambakwedza." Iko kushanda nesimba kuchabhadhara seArlo Parks, kunyange pauduku hwake, akaumba ruzha rwake runofadza, zvose kuora mwoyo uye kufara, izvo zvakabatsira, uye acharamba achibatsira, vateereri munguva dzino dzakaoma uye kwemakore anotevera.