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With Parallel ... he officially brings some of that mystery material back into the Four Tet fold.
5y
What a beautiful, lush soundtrack without a film. I'd watch Matthew McConaughey as a depressed gardener on a space station in a moody, atmospheric mumblecore drama with very little dialogue to this album. Get it made, hollywood big wigs.
January 2, 2021
I was skeptical of listening at first due to the length of the first track as well as the general feedback. I am glad I gave this a listen. This album sounds like a culmination of all of Four Tet's sounds but they balance each other out perfectly. Parallel 1 is a long track, but it felt like a personal journey through Four Tet's unique sounds. The quality mix of ambient and upbeat tech house music really returns Four Tet to form in my opinion. This is my favorite record by him ... read more
Parallel is a very lobsided project. The ambient epic at the beginning and the other intereludes just don't interest me at all meanwhile the fully fleshed tracks are truly great here and almost recall back to the Pink / There Is Love In You era. Good but quite scattershot and could have been better.
The loops are some of Four Tet's most snoozable music. Good and sorta bad in a way, depends on what you want outta this album
Pleasant noodlings to ignore and space out too. Flits from a digital wind chime to acoustic pianos to the sound of a trendy clothes shop where nothing has a price on. None of the tracks have names because none of them add up to much when listened to in isolation. I don't dislike it though.
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Track List
| 1 | Parallel 1 26:46 | 84 |
| 2 | Parallel 2 6:04 | 86 |
| 3 | Parallel 3 0:48 | 70 |
| 4 | Parallel 4 4:47 | 89 |
| 5 | Parallel 5 0:53 | 71 |
| 6 | Parallel 6 5:06 | 92 |
| 7 | Parallel 7 5:43 | 84 |
| 8 | Parallel 8 6:21 | 84 |
| 9 | Parallel 9 7:15 | 83 |
| 10 | Parallel 10 6:31 | 81 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 10 minutes
