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London based, Twice Grammy-nominated, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award-winning artist Arlo Parks has announced the release of her second album, My Soft Machine, due May 26th on Transgressive / [PIAS]. With the news, she shares the first single from the new record - "Weightless," an ethereal, warm, and cinematic offering, with her acclaimed lyrical flair spotlighted once again. About the single, Parks shares, “'Weightless' surrounds the painful experience of caring deeply about someone who only gives you tiny breadcrumbs of affection. It’s about suddenly realizing that a person has dulled your edges and embarking on the slow journey back to being a brighter version of yourself.”

Grammy Award winning artist Dave Matthews Band released “Madman’s Eyes,” the first single from their 10^th studio album Walk Around The Moon available via RCA Records on May 19th. “Madman’s Eyes” weaves Middle Eastern textures with heavy horns and strings as Matthews asks unflinchingly, “When it’s too late to untwist the knife / How do we face hatred with the love inside us.” The band worked on the new album with producer Rob Evans and executive producer John Alagia. The group will embark on a North American tour in May to support the new album . Check here for tour dates and more information.

Vermont’s Kyle Thomas, the singer-songwriter who records and performs as King Tuff, shares "Tell Me" the third single from his anticipated new album, Smalltown Stardust, out January 27th via Sub Pop. The single, which features backing vocals from the album’s co-writer and co-producer SASAMI, perfectly encapsulates Kyle Thomas’ knack for melody and songwriting prowess. King Tuff shared “Almost every song in the world is about love, yet somehow there's still not enough love songs,” says Thomas. “And if you took all the love songs in the world and added them to all the love songs that haven't been written yet, well, there still wouldn't be enough. There's always room for more love and there's always room for more love songs. Love is an endless well, you can do love songs about people, nature, passion, frustration, animals, joy, madness. Most of my songs are love songs, and I like it that way. But I'm still not satisfied! I want more! I want more love! And I want you to have more love! So, here's ‘Tell Me,’ a love song.”

LA-Based Weyes Blood’s (a.k.a. Natalie Mering) single “Grapevine” is colored with heartbreak and yearning. It’s an epic road song set along the famed stretch of Southern California’s Interstate 5. Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering said of the single, “Technology is harvesting our attention away from each other. We all have a “Grapevine” entwined around our past with unresolved wounds and pain. Being in love doesn’t necessarily mean being together. Why else do so many love songs yearn for a connection?” “Grapevine” is from And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, Weyes Blood's new album out now on Sub Pop Records!