AdvertisementArlo Parks' new album 'My Soft Machine' doesn't shy away from life's hard timesUpdated May 30, 2023Lilly QuirozfacebookEmailArlo Parks' sophomore album My Soft Machine is named after a line in the 2019 film The Souvenir. Parks explains, "It's very much a contrast between light and shade, numbness and hypersensitivity and the softness in the machine-like quality." (Alexis Waespi)This article was originally published on May 26, 2023.