Parallels (Toronto, Canada)
Published 20 months ago
Dazed quiz the Canadian band combining retro 80s-esque female vocals with dark synthy-ness
- Text by Dazed Digital
Parrallels, whilst having a band-y sound have merged the boundaries of electronic music with songs having featured in mixes by France's shell-suit wearing Valerie Collective with their breed of high-pitched 80s vocals. Their computer beats and driving synths fit perfectly with their fluo-branded aesthetics and a dark aural atmosphere akin to those heavy in the West-coast blog electro of '06.
WHAT'S
... your description of your sound?
Euphoric 19th century gothic played on keyboards.
... so special about you then?
All: We can play instruments and sing at the same time
Joey: I grow hair in all the right places
... your tip for 2009?
Holly: Find happiness in trivial things
Joey: Spend as much money as you can
Cam: More real drums, less 808.
... the story behind your name?
It is a neutral title, and we all have strange parallels.
.... your worst vice?
Holly: Staying up too late and missing out on mornings
Joey: Kittens
Cam: Fits of rage
... your dream musical collaboration?
Holly: ABBA and Michael Jackson
Joey: Goblin and Toto
Cam: Vangelis
... on your stereo?
Spies by Roni Griffith, "Slowdance" by Jeremy Jay, "Fucked up Friends" by Tobacco, Fever Ray, Gino Soccio, Hounds of Hate.
...Best advice?
Joey: "Big, big house and many, many bills for you"
Holly: "Mo' money mo' problems"
Cam: "To catch the big fish, you've got to go deep"
... your secret?
Joey: I am attached to a harness made from the special Nth metal that allows flight...
Cam: I'm partially deaf.
... the one thing you'd kill for?
Cam: The future
Holly: To have a ghost-friend.
Joey: Justice
... your vision of the future?
Holly: Spies.
Cam: Killings.
Joey: Victory.
