Parallel Horizontal

"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]

"Parallel Horizontal"
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
"Queen B" (1998) "Parallel Horizontal" (1999) "Sick and Wrong" (1999)

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.