1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,693 Speaker 1: from News Talks at be. 3 00:00:13,173 --> 00:00:16,733 Speaker 2: That song is called Get Go. Alo's new album is 4 00:00:16,813 --> 00:00:20,173 Speaker 2: Ambiguous Designer, and Chris Schultz has been listening. He's with 5 00:00:20,253 --> 00:00:22,653 Speaker 2: us this wanting to get a Chris Hey Jack. 6 00:00:22,693 --> 00:00:26,693 Speaker 3: I think the word silky was invented to describe music 7 00:00:26,853 --> 00:00:29,173 Speaker 3: and her vocals too, right. You can hear those vocals, 8 00:00:29,213 --> 00:00:31,733 Speaker 3: they sound silky to me. That's that's the best word. 9 00:00:31,773 --> 00:00:34,613 Speaker 3: I think that sums up her music on this album. 10 00:00:35,213 --> 00:00:38,173 Speaker 3: It's a very different album to her first two. Arlo 11 00:00:38,333 --> 00:00:42,773 Speaker 3: Parks is a UK singer songwriter. She is about as 12 00:00:42,813 --> 00:00:46,773 Speaker 3: close to a lockdown artist as you can get. She 13 00:00:46,933 --> 00:00:51,333 Speaker 3: wrote her first album Collapsed in sunbeams in like bedrooms 14 00:00:51,373 --> 00:00:54,373 Speaker 3: and airbnbs between lockdowns, and. 15 00:00:54,293 --> 00:00:57,413 Speaker 4: You could sort of hear that. You know. It became 16 00:00:57,613 --> 00:00:58,333 Speaker 4: quite a big hit. 17 00:00:58,413 --> 00:01:02,133 Speaker 3: She won the Mercury Prize for it in twenty twenty one, 18 00:01:02,173 --> 00:01:06,173 Speaker 3: and apparently she went to that you Know That Awards 19 00:01:06,173 --> 00:01:10,133 Speaker 3: srmony straight after that'd come out of London's Last Lockdown, 20 00:01:10,213 --> 00:01:14,613 Speaker 3: which would be such a surreal experience. The Mercury Prize, 21 00:01:14,613 --> 00:01:16,253 Speaker 3: by the way, like that that can often be a 22 00:01:16,293 --> 00:01:18,693 Speaker 3: bit of a kiss of death for some artists, A 23 00:01:18,733 --> 00:01:20,613 Speaker 3: lot of artists who want to don't tend to go 24 00:01:20,693 --> 00:01:24,333 Speaker 3: on and make their best music or that can happen. 25 00:01:24,493 --> 00:01:27,133 Speaker 3: But she released the second album in twenty twenty three, 26 00:01:27,213 --> 00:01:30,053 Speaker 3: my Self Machine, that kind of wasn't as good, so 27 00:01:30,093 --> 00:01:33,973 Speaker 3: it felt like maybe that curse had struck. But Ambiguous Desire, 28 00:01:34,013 --> 00:01:39,053 Speaker 3: I'm happy to say, is a rebirth, a proof that 29 00:01:39,213 --> 00:01:44,413 Speaker 3: maybe that that trend hasn't quite sort of worked on her. 30 00:01:44,533 --> 00:01:45,333 Speaker 4: Yeah. 31 00:01:45,413 --> 00:01:48,373 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a really interesting album. It's got quite a 32 00:01:48,413 --> 00:01:53,053 Speaker 3: big backstory. She's only twenty five years old, and she 33 00:01:53,573 --> 00:01:57,293 Speaker 3: has talked about how she missed all of her friends 34 00:01:57,333 --> 00:01:59,893 Speaker 3: going out clubbing and partying in their twenties because she 35 00:02:00,013 --> 00:02:03,293 Speaker 3: was busy working on music and touring. And so this 36 00:02:03,373 --> 00:02:05,013 Speaker 3: is an album to try and get back to that. 37 00:02:05,093 --> 00:02:06,853 Speaker 3: So it's got this kind of you can hear it 38 00:02:06,893 --> 00:02:09,773 Speaker 3: on that song. It's got this clubby kind of disco 39 00:02:11,173 --> 00:02:14,653 Speaker 3: housey kind of under under undertone to it. It's that's 40 00:02:14,653 --> 00:02:18,373 Speaker 3: the blueprint, it's it's it's what they call morning music. 41 00:02:18,613 --> 00:02:18,813 Speaker 4: Jack. 42 00:02:18,853 --> 00:02:21,013 Speaker 3: I don't know if you've been visiting any clubs lately, 43 00:02:21,053 --> 00:02:24,093 Speaker 3: but morning music is what DJs play at six am 44 00:02:24,133 --> 00:02:27,133 Speaker 3: when everyone's been partying all through the night, and they 45 00:02:27,133 --> 00:02:29,773 Speaker 3: put on music to help you transition back out into 46 00:02:30,333 --> 00:02:30,733 Speaker 3: your day. 47 00:02:32,773 --> 00:02:36,373 Speaker 2: Okay, it's been a few years. 48 00:02:36,933 --> 00:02:38,253 Speaker 4: I just learned this myself. 49 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:42,333 Speaker 2: I see am, but unfortunately I don't see it in 50 00:02:42,333 --> 00:02:45,773 Speaker 2: the club. I see it, you know, my one year 51 00:02:45,773 --> 00:02:46,453 Speaker 2: old bedroom. 52 00:02:47,653 --> 00:02:50,013 Speaker 4: When you're being asked to make porridge. I get it. Yeah, No, 53 00:02:50,173 --> 00:02:53,573 Speaker 4: this is, yeah, this is. It's a really good album. 54 00:02:53,573 --> 00:02:55,973 Speaker 3: I almost see it as a counterpoint to Robin's album 55 00:02:56,133 --> 00:02:57,893 Speaker 3: last week. You know, we talked about that album, which 56 00:02:57,933 --> 00:03:01,373 Speaker 3: is like this euphoric Bursts that's kind of like that 57 00:03:01,453 --> 00:03:03,493 Speaker 3: the headline at the main event. This is sort of 58 00:03:03,573 --> 00:03:09,093 Speaker 3: the aftermath. It's very she's looking back with regrets about 59 00:03:09,133 --> 00:03:11,013 Speaker 3: missing out on this time and trying to make up 60 00:03:11,053 --> 00:03:13,253 Speaker 3: for it. So a lot of the songs are about 61 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:15,813 Speaker 3: sort of like getting into a cab to go to 62 00:03:16,173 --> 00:03:19,213 Speaker 3: the party, that kind of thing. But but then the 63 00:03:19,213 --> 00:03:22,053 Speaker 3: way she sings it is just so I don't know, 64 00:03:22,133 --> 00:03:24,573 Speaker 3: she's got the sweetness and lightness to her, but some 65 00:03:24,653 --> 00:03:26,893 Speaker 3: of it's so personal that, you know, she's talked about 66 00:03:27,453 --> 00:03:31,093 Speaker 3: fans sort of like sending her the message after message, 67 00:03:31,173 --> 00:03:33,933 Speaker 3: kind of spilling their guts to her, and what a 68 00:03:33,973 --> 00:03:35,933 Speaker 3: toll that's taken on her too, you know, like she 69 00:03:35,933 --> 00:03:38,653 Speaker 3: she did have some time off, she did stuff, a burnout, 70 00:03:39,613 --> 00:03:41,493 Speaker 3: which I think sort of reflects us how fast she 71 00:03:41,813 --> 00:03:43,973 Speaker 3: rose and the fact that it all sort of happened 72 00:03:44,173 --> 00:03:48,173 Speaker 3: during lockdown. So yeah, really interesting album. I almost see 73 00:03:48,173 --> 00:03:50,653 Speaker 3: it as like an autumnal sort of album. You know, 74 00:03:50,693 --> 00:03:53,653 Speaker 3: if you're not transitioning from the club out into the day. Well, 75 00:03:53,693 --> 00:03:55,693 Speaker 3: we're transitioning right now from you know. 76 00:03:56,413 --> 00:04:00,133 Speaker 2: Yeah, tomorrow, you know, yeah exactly. 77 00:04:00,293 --> 00:04:02,133 Speaker 3: I've been playing it and it's perfect for that kind 78 00:04:02,133 --> 00:04:03,173 Speaker 3: of this kind of time of year. 79 00:04:03,253 --> 00:04:05,773 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I love it. Fantastic. Okay, what did you 80 00:04:05,773 --> 00:04:06,093 Speaker 2: give it? 81 00:04:07,173 --> 00:04:09,333 Speaker 4: I'm going to give us four stars. I'm really enjoying 82 00:04:09,333 --> 00:04:09,733 Speaker 4: the album. 83 00:04:10,613 --> 00:04:12,533 Speaker 2: Four stars for ambiguous as I will have a bit 84 00:04:12,533 --> 00:04:15,733 Speaker 2: more of a Listen to Arlo Park's latest in a 85 00:04:15,773 --> 00:04:17,493 Speaker 2: couple of minutes, and of course you can catch more 86 00:04:17,493 --> 00:04:20,773 Speaker 2: of Chris on his substick it's called boiler Room. 87 00:04:21,453 --> 00:04:24,533 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, Listen live 88 00:04:24,653 --> 00:04:27,453 Speaker 1: to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or 89 00:04:27,533 --> 00:04:29,373 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.