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Arlo Parks

The acclaimed British singer and songwriter will play The Joy Theater on Monday, and we have a pair of tickets to the show to give away.

On Monday, October 10, Arlo Parks will play The Joy Theater, and we have a pair of tickets to the show to give away courtesy of Winter Circle Productions.

Last year, NME reviewed the British singer’s Collapsed in Sunbeams, writing:

Despite the deceptively soothing nature of her sound–soft neo-soul, acoustic guitar, that honeyed voice–Parks is an artist challenging received wisdom about mental health, a champion of free expression of self. She broke through in 2018 with the dreamy ‘Cola’, a disarmingly intimate tale of infidelity through poetic lyrics (“I miss the way you dressed all punk / With the black and the studs and the ripped up gloves / Bet she loved your tough-guy front”), illustrating complex emotions through an accessible medium–and was duly catapulted to indie stardom.

Parks raised her profile in America during the 2020 pandemic when she landed on a playlist by Michelle Obama and Phoebe Bridgers’ performed a cover of Radiohead’s “Fake Plastic Trees” with Parks on piano and harmonies.

She starts Collapsed in Sunbeams with a spoken word piece that signals right away that listeners should pay attention to the words. Parks lets details and pop culture references connect relationship stories to the listeners’ world, and the texture in voice draws them into hers.

Her most recent release is a cover of Julia Jacklin’s “Good Guy,” recorded live for an Australian radio station earlier this year.

The contest closes Sunday at 6 p.m.

Parks plays the Joy Theater at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale now.