Arlo Parks has at all times appeared to put on her coronary heart on her sleeve. But on My Soft Machine, her sophomore album, Parks’ storytelling comes from someplace deeper.
For our Winter 2023 Issue, Parks digs into her newest document and supplementary poetry guide, her fascination with timber, and the intimacy of the in-between. “I think I’ve also been allowing people in, being somebody who is accepting the fact that they are porous, and just celebrating love in different forms — whether that’s platonic love or romantic love,” she tells Kenna McCafferty. “I’ve been honoring the in-between in all things. Even with things in the past, not everything has to be completely healed or damaged. There’s always a middle space, and I think that links to the bittersweet idea that I’ve always had at the basis of everything I make.”
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Preorder your copy as we speak, together with bundles with vinyl LPs of her two albums.
The Winter 2023 Issue additionally comes with three alternate collectible covers, in addition to tales on Zulu, WARGASM, hemlocke springs, and extra.
Photos by Daniel Prakopcyk
Styling by Adrian Gilliland
Hair and make-up by Carisa Arellano
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