Brittney Denise Parks, better known by her stage name Sudan Archives, is an American violinist, singer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California.

[4] Signed to Stones Throw Records,[5] Parks has released two studio albums to date: Athena (2019) and Natural Brown Prom Queen (2022).

"[4] After attending several late-night raves, Parks felt inspired to follow her own musical inclinations and left home for Los Angeles at age nineteen.

"[4] Parks studied ethnomusicology at Pasadena City College,[8] while attending the experimental club night Low End Theory and working on her own musical material on her iPad.

The album received widespread critical acclaim from publications such as The Guardian, which said it contained "some of the most viscerally gorgeous music put to record",[13] The Quietus, which commended Parks for her "knack for writing massive hooks that will dig straight into your brain",[14] Variety, which described Athena as "innovative, unusual and inviting",[15] and many more.

On March 16, 2022, Parks returned with "Home Maker", her first new track in three years and the first single from her second studio album, Natural Brown Prom Queen.

[17] On September 9, 2022, Natural Brown Prom Queen was released to widespread critical acclaim, with Parks noting of the album's variety: "It felt like time to let people know who I am.