ARLO PARKS SHARES NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “HEAVEN”

NEW ALBUM AMBIGUOUS DESIRE DUE APRIL 3RD VIA TRANSGRESSIVE RECORDS

Following the announcement of her forthcoming album Ambiguous Desire due 3rd April via Transgressive Records, the 2x Grammy-nominated, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award–winning artist Arlo Parks shares her new single “Heaven”. The track premiered with a Zane Lowe interview and is the second offering from her upcoming album. “Heaven” hammers through a cathartic bassline, inspired by an early morning set from her friend, the DJ Kelly Lee Owens, that took place under the bridge at her favourite Los Angeles rave. A brave departure from her previous work, “Heaven” sees Parks lean into her deep love for underground electronic dance music and drum patterns. Driven by a techno bassline, the track tells the story of someone longing for the night not end. In her words, Arlo elaborates, “Heaven is about euphoria, community and staying present. Being in a room full of strangers sweating, connecting, losing and finding themselves is a kind of magic that’s beyond language. This song was my attempt at capturing that feeling.”

“Heaven” closely follows “2SIDED,” the first song from the new album, released last month alongside the album announcement. Hailed as “her most confident yet” by The FADER, “2SIDED” premiered as BBC Radio 1’s first Hottest Record of 2026, earned a spot on the A List at BBC 6 Music, and was later named Tune of the Week at Radio 1. On release week, Arlo also stepped into the NTS Radio studios for her own show of club music and current favorites, offering an early glimpse into the sounds shaping this era.

That club-rooted energy runs throughout Ambiguous Desire. Over the past two years, Arlo dove headfirst into nocturnal spaces where she could be whoever she wanted. She drew inspiration from the queer hedonism of NYC’s Paradise Garage, the nocturnal British beats of The Streets and Burial, the glittering synth catharsis of LCD Soundsystem, and house grooves of Theo Parrish, all while losing herself on the dancefloor. The record is Parks at her most confident and experimental, supplanting live band sessions for modular synths, Ableton plugins, and samplers that channel the frenetic spaces she was immersed in, all while maintaining the acclaimed poetry and lyricism that has marked her career.

Reflecting on the making of the album, Parks shares, “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 laughed. This record has desire at its center. Desire is a life force; it’s a wanting, a yearning, a momentum – we are all alive because there is something or someone we want – desire is an engine. But it is also mysterious, tangled, random, enlightening, and HUMAN.”

Created alongside producer Baird (Brockhampton, Kevin Abstract), their process unfolded between NYC’s vibrant, community-rooted nightlife and long, introspective days spent in Baird’s downtown loft. The result is Parks’ most vulnerable, self-affirming, and euphoric work to date.

Since bursting onto the scene with her distinct blend of raw lyrical self-expression and vivid vocal melody, Parks has since been nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album, won the Mercury Music Prize for her 2021 Gold-certified debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams, been named a Breakthrough Artist at the Brit Awards, and been nominated at the Ivor Novello Awards. A poet as much as a performer, Parks followed up her previous critically acclaimed album My Soft Machine with the debut of her first published book, The Magic Border, a collection of 20 new poems and exclusive images by Daniyel Lowden alongside lyrics from My Soft Machine.

Arlo is also a featured writer on Beyoncé’s Grammy-winning album Cowboy Carter. Arlo has performed at Glastonbury and Coachella, opened for Billie Eilish and Harry Styles, and captivated audiences across the world with her headline tour. Upon the release of the previous album, My Soft Machine, Arlo performed on NPR Tiny Desk and appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

 

Upcoming Tour Dates

2nd April – Rough Trade x fabric, London – SOLD OUT

4th April – Crash x Wardrobe, Leeds – SOLD OUT

6th April – Rough Trade Nottingham x Rescue Rooms, Nottingham – SOLD OUT

7th April – Rough Trade East, London – SOLD OUT

8th April – Banquet x Circuit, London – SOLD OUT

9th April – Resident x CHALK, Brighton – SOLD OUT

11th April – Truck x O2 Academy, Oxford – SOLD OUT

12th April – Vinilo x The 1865, Southampton – SOLD OUT

Arlo Parks

Ambiguous Desire 

Transgressive Records 

April 3, 2026

1. Blue Disco

2. Jetta

3. Get Go

4. Senses ft. Sampha

5. Heaven

6. Beams

7. South Seconds

8. Nightswimming

9. 2SIDED

10. Luck Of Life

11. What If I Say It?

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