Parallax (Atlas Sound album)
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| Studio album by Atlas Sound | ||||
| Released | 7 November 2011 | |||
| Recorded | June 2011 at Rare Book Room Studios, Brooklyn, NY | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 48:32 | |||
| Label | 4AD | |||
| Producer | Bradford Cox, Nicolas Vernhes | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (82/100) |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | (A-) |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10) |
| musicOMH | |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.7/10) |
| Popmatters | (9/10) |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Spin | (9/10) |
| Sputnikmusic | |
Parallax is the third studio album from Bradford Cox's solo project Atlas Sound, released November 7, 2011 on 4AD. The album debuted at #97 on the Billboard 200 and has received mostly positive reviews.
After Parallax was recorded, Bradford Cox was forced to continue touring with Deerhunter, which ended up being so stressful for Cox that it caused him to have a nervous breakdown. Cox related album's title to his lifestyle, saying:
Production duties were handled by Cox and previous Deerhunter producer Nicolas Vernhes. The album was assembled at the end of a Deerhunter tour and was mostly recorded at Nicholas Vernhes' studio, Rare Book Room Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Two of the album's tracks ("Flagstaff" and "Terra Incognita") were recorded by Cox himself in his hotel room at the Ace Hotel in New York as a result of limited studio time. 4AD also launched a website, depicting an image of Cox in Manhattan's Central Park, similar to the artwork of his two previous releases, his face is obscured by a lens flare. The website lists the genre as "Science Fiction." Cox dedicated the album to the late Trish Keenan of Broadcast, who had died earlier in 2011.
The artwork features a photograph of Bradford Cox taken by Mick Rock, who had previously shot photographs for albums such as Raw Power, The Madcap Laughs, and Transformer. Cox met Rock through Michael Stipe and the two quickly became friends. The cover's artwork was meant to reflect the influence classic rock and rock and roll had on Cox when he recorded the album. Unlike previous Atlas Sound album covers, Parallax's cover did not feature faces obscured by a lens flare. By not covering his face with a flare, Cox felt that the album cover effectively conveyed the loneliness he experienced creating the album.
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