The Yes Men

The Parallax Method say they aren’t seasoned musicians when it comes to theory. Instead, they’re full of happy accidents that inspire their free-flowing instrumental explorations on, Folie À Trois. This is the story of The Parallax Method embracing the good, the bad and the ugly for the better of their music, resulting in a head-turning debut album.

Phil Weller

For the reviewer whose pointed words inspired the name of Folie À Trois’ opening track, The Parallax Method’s debut album will be a bit of a disappointment. For readers of this magazine, however, it beautifully summarises what makes the joyously obtuse yet refined Derbyshire outfit so appealing. “We’ve Learned Nothing is a reference to a review we had,” bassist Ben Edis explains. “The person didn’t like the first EP and recommended we put vocals in and started following more normal song structures. So when he reviewed the second EP he said, ‘They’ve clearly learned nothing from my last review.’ And he’s right. We have clearly learned nothing, because now we’re doing more of the same. So we thought it would be funny to open with that statement; we’re doing what…

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