Fans have been itching for a new body of work from Arlo Parks, and it is nearly here. Next month, the “Eugene” musician will share their long-awaited follow-up to 2023’s My Soft Machine.
So far, Parks has shared singles “2SIDED” and “Heaven” from their forthcoming studio album, Ambiguous Desire, which is only a small taste of what’s to come. However, thanks to the album notes provided by Transgressive Records, we know a bit more about the project.
According to the meticulous notes, Ambiguous Desire is inspired by Parks’ exploration of freedom-inducing nightlife.
“I fell in love with nocturnal spaces over the past two years of writing this album,” said Parks in a statement shared with ENVERT. “These were places where I could be whoever I wanted to be on that night, from staying on the fringes to throwing myself into it completely and escaping for hours on the dancefloor. It was so playful, being able to lose yourself and then reemerge into the world. Every time I came out into the daylight, I felt so inspired.”
Sweating under the strobes at Midnight Lovers in LA, dancing to the bass beneath the K Bridge in Greenpoint, finding new faces at Venue MOT in London – these are the dark, enveloping spaces giving life to Arlo Parks’ powerful third album, Ambiguous Desire.
What Parks describes as their “most confident and experimental” project, was drews from “the queer hedonism of legendary NYC DJ Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage club to the moody nocturnal British beats of The Streets and Burial, the glittering synth catharsis of LCD Soundsystem and rooted house grooves of Theo Parrish.”
Parks continued: “I feel most myself in my body when I’m dancing and being in those expressive spaces gave me the confidence to explore the artists that I’ve loved forever but haven’t been able to showcase in my music before. The record is me learning to have more fun – embracing the light as well as the shade.”
Continue below for the confirmed release date, tracklist, supporting tour dates, and more for Arlo Parks’ album, Ambiguous Desire.
Release Date
Arlo Parks’ album Ambiguous Desire is due out 4/3/2026 via Transgressive Records. Click here to pre-save or pre-order.
Tracklist
- “Blue Disco”
- “Jetta”
- “Get Go”
- “Senses” featuring Sampha
- “Heaven”
- “Beams”
- “South Seconds”
- “Nightswimming”
- “2SIDED”
- “Luck Of Life”
- “What If I Say It?”
- “Floette”
Album Cover
Supporting Tour
To celebrate the release of their forthcoming album, Arlo Parks is all in. Next month, Parks will kick off a series of in-person, intimate record store appearances across the United Kingdom. Then, in June, Parks will serve as a special guest during David Byrne’s Who Is The Sky? Tour. After that, in late August, Parks will begin their Desire World Tour in North America before heading back to the European Union in October.
Tickets for Arlo Parks’ upcoming record store appearances are on sale now. The general sale for Arlo Parks’ Desire World Tour is scheduled for March 10, 2026. If you can’t get your hands on tour tickets from the venue directly, we recommend trying a secondary market website, like Vivid Seats. First-time Vivid Seats users can save $10 on ticket orders over $100 by entering promo code VIVID10 at checkout. When tickets are purchased through our Vivid Seats link HERE or using our code, we earn an affiliate commission.
04/02/2026 – London, England @ Fabric ^
04/04/2026 – Leeds, England @ The Wardrobe &
04/06/2026 – Nottingham, United Kingdom @ Rescue Rooms &
04/07/2026 – London, England @ Rough Trade East %
04/08/2026 – London, UK @ Circuit, Kingston &
04/09/2026 – Brighton, England @ CHALK &
04/11/2026 – Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy Oxford &
04/12/2026 – Southampton, England @ The 1865 &
06/07/2026 – Dublin, Ireland @ St. Anne’s Park +
08/29/2026 – Washington, DC @ Howard Theatre
08/31/2026 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
09/01/2026 – Boston, MA @ Royale
09/03/2026 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
09/04/2026 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
09/05/2026 – Detroit, MI @ The Lincoln Factory
09/09/2026 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
09/10/2026 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
09/14/2026 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
09/15/2026 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet’s
09/18/2026 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
09/19/2026 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
09/21/2026 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
09/22/2026 – Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum Theatre
09/23/2026 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
09/25/2026 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
09/26/2026 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
09/29/2026 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
10/01/2026 – New York, NY @ Knockdown Center
10/17/2026 – Dublin, Ireland @ The Ambassador Theatre
10/20/2026 – London, England @ O2 Academy Brixton
10/24/2026 – Glasgow, Scotland @ Old Fruitmarket
10/25/2026 – Bristol, England @ The Prospect Building
10/26/2026 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ Albert Hall
10/28/2026 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ TivoliVredenburg
10/30/2026 – Cologne, Germany @ Carlswerk Victoria
10/31/2026 – Berlin, Germany @ Uber Eats Music Hall
11/03/2026 – Brussels, Brussels @ Cirque Royal
11/08/2026 – Paris, France @ La Gaîté Lyrique
11/10/2026 – Madrid, Spain @ Sala La Riviera
11/11/2026 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Lisboa Ao Vivo
11/13/2026 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Apolo
11/16/2026 – Munich, Germany @ Muffathalle
11/18/2026 – Warsaw, Poland @ Palladium Club
11/19/2026 – Vienna, Austria @ Arena Vienna
11/21/2026 – Prague, Czech Republic @ ARCHA+
11/22/2026 – Budapest, Hungary @ Akvárium Klub
11/24/2026 – Zürich, Switzerland @ Kaufleuten
11/26/2026 – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg @ den Atelier
11/29/2026 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega Main Hall
12/01/2026 – Oslo, Norway @ Parkteatret
12/02/2026 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Slaktkyrkan
^ album release party, % live performance with in-store record signing, & intimate record store shows, and + supporting David Byrne’s Who Is The Sky? Tour
