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{{Infobox song
| name = Parallel Horizontal
| cover = parallelhorizontal.gif
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Marine Research]]
| album = Sounds from the Gulf Stream
| released = 27 July 1999
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length =
| label = {{flagicon|UK}} [[K Records]]
| composer =
| lyricist =
| producer = Roger Tebbutt (A-side),<br>Mike Engles (B-sides)
| prev_title = Queen B
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Sick and Wrong
| next_year = 1999
}}

"'''Parallel Horizontal'''" is a song by the [[indie pop]] band [[Marine Research]]. It first appeared as a [[Single (music)|single]] on 27 July 1999 and then as the opening track on their only [[album]] ''Sounds from the Gulf Stream'' on 24 August.<ref>[[Allmusic]] entry ([{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r425603|pure_url=yes}} link])</ref>

Its two [[B-side]]s were recorded for [[John Peel]]'s [[BBC Radio 1|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]].<ref>[[bbc.co.uk]] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1987/Dec29talulahgosh/ (link)]</ref>

A [[music video]] was made for the song.<ref>[[Southern Records]] entry ([http://www.southern.com/southern/band/MARIR/19500_video.html link] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630204742/http://www.southern.com/southern/band/MARIR/19500_video.html |date=2007-06-30 }})</ref>

"Parallel Horizontal" garnered several positive reviews.<ref>Marine Research home page ([http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~queenb/parallelreviews.htm link] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716093603/http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~queenb/parallelreviews.htm |date=2007-07-16 }})</ref> Paul Connolly in ''[[The Times]]'' described it as ''"Perfect sunny day pop music"'',<ref>''The Times'', 17 July 1999</ref> while Dale Kattack in ''Nightshift'' wrote: ''"it's fantastically merry and uncomplicated but for all its sweetness there's barely a trace of [[Twee pop|tweeness]] to be heard"''.<ref>''Nightshift'', July 1999</ref> Stevie Chick in the ''[[NME]]'' described "Angel in the Snow" as ''"four minutes of icy-cool [[girl group]] incandescence"''.<ref>''NME'', 31 July 1999</ref>

==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.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~queenb/ Marine Research home page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071007032959/http://www.southern.com/southern/band/MARIR/ Marine Research] at Southern Records

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