| "Parallel Horizontal" | ||||
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| Single by Marine Research | ||||
| from the album Sounds from the Gulf Stream | ||||
| Released | 27 July 1999 | |||
| Label |  K Records | |||
| Producer(s) | Roger Tebbutt (A-side), Mike Engles (B-sides) | |||
| Marine Research singles chronology | ||||
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"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. [1]
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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. [2]
A music video was made for the song. [3]
"Parallel Horizontal" garnered several positive reviews. [4] Paul Connolly in The Times described it as "Perfect sunny day pop music", [5] 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". [6] Stevie Chick in the NME described "Angel in the Snow" as "four minutes of icy-cool girl group incandescence". [7]
