Arlo ParksCollapsed in Sunbeams

Soulful melodies drift atop fuzzy crackles, warm guitar strums, and head-nod drums. Black Dog is the aching heart of it, named after Churchill's term for depression, with the line it's so cruel what your mind can do for no reason. Eugene is a ballad of unrequited love that blends poetic symbolism with blunt jealousy. Hope shimmers like a '70s jazz club. Spoken-word poetry threads through understated soul. The 2021 Mercury Prize winner that feels like sun on your face. Put it on and exhale.