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Parallels

Website: http://parallels.fm/

Parallels believe that dance music, like revenge, is best served cold.

In the last few years, a slew of artists have adopted the laptop into their live setup, while others shunned technological shortcuts in favor of a warm analog sound. Parallels split the difference, utilizing a bank of digital synths, live drums and ample vocoder -- the result being a live show that actually sounds live, but at the same time offers smoothed edges and chilly textures.

Parallels, aka Holly Dodson, is excited to announce their upcoming US tour dates, kicking off this week in support of early Summer release 'XII' out June 26, 2012 through Marigold Records. Having shared the stage with internationally-acclaimed artists in the past, including Florence and the Machine, The Juan MacLean, Sebastian Tellier, Crystal Castles, Midnight Juggernauts, A-Trak and Broken Social Scene, Holly Dodson will be joined by an exciting new line-up to her live set featuring Artem Galperine on keyboards and Nick Dodson on drums.

The album is a perfect blend of sparkling pop and electronic radiance. While their 2010 release, "Visionaries" boasted a darker blend of static synths and HI-NRG rhythm patterns, 'XII' takes on a brighter direction with front girl Holly Dodson's honey-sweet vocals enveloping the record with a radiant, moonlit perfection.

Parallels have received critical acclaim, with their previous release featured on french boutique imprint Kitsune Maison and notable collaborations with a fantastic list of artists including English indie quartet Delphic.

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"Her pipes have a sweet but haunting fragility to them, and when juxtaposed with synth-heavy, gothic pop gems... the results are a kaleidoscopic, aural roller coaster that you'll probably want to ride over and over again."
Paper Mag

"A young Madonna-meets modern electro"
NME

"Parallels pull off that balancing act between retro and futuristic, borrowing from the past while pushing the sound forward into the present. Their take on darkly lustrous synth-pop is certainly amongst the catchiest stuff you'll hear all year."
AOL Spinner

"Crackling with ‘80s dance sentiment and new-wave electricity, Parallels' brand of sonic joy could be called the new vintage."
RCRD LBL

"That straight ahead dance beat, the vibrating synths and and the nightmare-twinkling piano laid on top are New Order or Depeche Mode through and through."
My Old Kentucky Blog

"John Crawford of Berlin-like arrangements and Talk Talk/early 80's pop ingenue singing against one another in an appropriate mix of throwback gems"
The Culture of Me

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May 11:

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11:00 pm Parallels The Tea Bazaar

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