The details.

Format, pressing and tracklist.

About the album.

My Soft Machine is the second album from London singer, songwriter and poet Arlo Parks, an indie pop record with neo soul in its bones, released on Transgressive on 26 May 2023.

It followed Collapsed In Sunbeams, the 2021 debut that won the Mercury Prize. Recorded between London and Los Angeles across 2021 and 2022, the album brings in producers including Paul Epworth, Ariel Rechtshaid, Romil Hemnani, Buddy Ross and Carter Lang, with Parks producing part of the material herself. She named My Bloody Valentine and Fontaines D.C. among its influences.

Phoebe Bridgers guests on ‘Pegasus’, one of a run of singles alongside ‘Weightless’, ‘Impurities’, ‘Blades’ and ‘Devotion’. Parks has described the record as life seen through her own lens and body, and took its title from a line in Joanna Hogg’s film The Souvenir.

This limited edition is pressed on 140 gram transparent green vinyl and housed in a gatefold sleeve, with lacquers cut at Metropolis Mastering.

Fans of Collapsed In Sunbeams will hear the same close, conversational writing set against a wider palette, from soft grooves to the heavier guitars of ‘Devotion’. Parks followed it in April 2026 with Ambiguous Desire, a third album built around late nights and club spaces, with Sampha guesting on ‘Senses’. Heard together, the three records trace a clear line from her debut to the dancefloor.

Tracklist.

Side A

  1. Bruiseless
  2. Impurities
  3. Devotion
  4. Blades
  5. Purple Phase
  6. Weightless

Side B

  1. Pegasus
  2. Dog Rose
  3. Puppy
  4. I’m Sorry
  5. Room (Red Wings)
  6. Ghost
Pressing details.
Format
1LP
Sleeve

Gatefold

Vinyl colour

Transparent
Green

Label
Transgressive
Barcode

5400863101985

Catalogue number
TRANS700XX
Condition
Brand new (factory sealed)
Original release
2023
Care and packaging.

All records are handled minimally and shipped factory sealed to preserve condition. Orders are packed in purpose-built LP mailers and dispatched within one to two business days.

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