"Parallel Horizontal"
Single by Marine Research
from the album Sounds from the Gulf Stream
Released27 July 1999
LabelUnited Kingdom K Records
Producer(s)Roger Tebbutt (A-side),
Mike Engles (B-sides)
Marine Research singles chronology
"Queen B"
(1998)		 "Parallel Horizontal"
(1999)		 "Sick and Wrong"
(1999)

"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]

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]

Track listing

  1. "Parallel Horizontal"
  2. "Angel in the Snow"
  3. "I Confess"
  • Tracks 2 and 3 were recorded for the BBC Radio 1 John Peel show and first transmitted on 18 May 1999.

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic entry (link)
  2. ↑ bbc.co.uk (link)
  3. ↑ Southern Records entry (link Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine)
  4. ↑ Marine Research home page (link Archived 2007-07-16 at the Wayback Machine)
  5. ↑ The Times, 17 July 1999
  6. ↑ Nightshift, July 1999
  7. ↑ NME, 31 July 1999
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