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Wikipedia article
"'Parallel Horizontal'" is a song by the indie pop band Marine Research. It first appeared as a single on 27 July 1999 and then as the opening track on their only album 'Sounds from the Gulf Stream' on 24 August.Allmusic entry ([ link])
Its two B-sides were recorded for John Peel's Radio 1 show in May 1999. Neither song featured on 'Sounds from the Gulf Stream' and so were exclusive to this release. Amelia Fletcher and Peter Momtchiloff had first recorded a session for Peel in 1987 when they were members of Talulah Gosh.bbc.co.uk [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1987/Dec29talulahgosh/ (link)]
A music video was made for the song.Southern Records entry ([http://www.southern.com/southern/band/MARIR/19500_video.html link] )
"Parallel Horizontal" garnered several positive reviews.Marine Research home page ([http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~queenb/parallelreviews.htm link] ) Paul Connolly in 'The Times' described it as '"Perfect sunny day pop music"','The Times', 17 July 1999 while Dale Kattack in 'Nightshift' wrote: '"it's fantastically merry and uncomplicated but for all its sweetness there's barely a trace of tweeness to be heard"'.'Nightshift', July 1999 Stevie Chick in the 'NME' described "Angel in the Snow" as '"four minutes of icy-cool girl group incandescence"'.'NME', 31 July 1999
Track listing
# "Parallel Horizontal"
# "Angel in the Snow"
# "I Confess"
* Tracks 2 and 3 were recorded for the BBC Radio 1 John Peel show and first transmitted on 18 May 1999.
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