Cola
Minimalist R&B and bedroom pop that feels like a whispered confession. Clean jazz guitars and steady beats frame Arlo Parks' poetic, intimate storytelling.
2019 · Lewis Recordings
Minimalist R&B and bedroom pop that feels like a whispered confession. Clean jazz guitars and steady beats frame Arlo Parks' poetic, intimate storytelling.
2019 · Lewis Recordings
Cola is an exercise in profound intimacy, a collection of songs that feel less like public performances and more like whispered secrets shared between close friends. Arlo Parks arrived with a sound that was already fully formed: a delicate blend of jazzy electric guitar, steady but understated drum machine loops, and a vocal delivery that sits somewhere between singing and spoken-word poetry. The production is intentionally dry and close, stripping away the reverb and artifice often found in contemporary R&B to reveal the raw, honest textures of her voice. It is the sound of a South London bedroom in the dead of night, where the world outside is hushed and the only thing that matters is the story being told.
How does Cola sound next to the rest of Arlo Parks's catalogue?
The production is pushed notably harder into bedroom production than this artist usually allows.
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