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The title track was featured on CBC Radio 1's show "Hear & Now" as "Song Of The Week". Parallels' third album, Metropolis, was released on February 17, 2017. In its review of the EP, Electronic Rumors deemed Parallels "Undoubtedly one of Canada's finest synthpop exports". "Civilization EP" includes a cover of "Age Of Consent" by British alternative group New Order. In 2015, Parallels' "Civilization EP" hit #1 in Canada, on Earshot's "National Electronic Chart". Parallels performed at Fashion Magazine 's 35th Anniversary party at Toronto's Distillery District's Fermenting Cellar. The album includes a rendition of "Moonlight Desires" by Canadian artist Lawrence Gowan. XII eventually hit #5 on Earshot! Canada's college radio charts in 2012. In 2012, her brother Nick Dodson joined on drums and Artem Galperine on synths. After the departure of Findlay and Kehoe, Dodson began writing material for Parallels' second album, XII, at Marigold Studios in Toronto. The band released their second album, entitled XII, on Marigold Records in the spring of 2012. Parallels released a 10-year Anniversary edition remaster and remix album through NewRetroWave Records in 2020 which features remixes by Valerie Collective artists Anoraak, Maethelvin. Parallels' song "Dry Blood", from their debut album Visionaries was featured on the soundtrack for Curfew directed by Shawn Christensen, that won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Parallels appeared on the cover of " Eye Weekly" in 2010. Parallels' song "Ultralight" was featured in episode 4, of the second season of The A-List: New York. The album was nominated for an Independent Music Award for Best Album - Dance/Electronica. Parallels song "Find the Fire" was featured on Kitsuné Maison Compilation 8 released by Kitsuné Music. The band's debut album, Visionaries, was released in February 2010. Parallels has opened for Florence And The Machine, The Juan Maclean, Miami Horror and Broken Social Scene. Dodson represented Parallels in Flare 's 30th anniversary issue as one of the "Hottest names to know in Canadian Music" The band made their US debut at CMJ Music Marathon in New York City in October 2009. Now (newspaper) rated Parallels as critic's pick for "Best Electronic act of 2009", in their "Best of Toronto" issue. Parallels music has been likened to the work of New Order and Stevie Nicks. Parallels performed at Power Ball 11 at The Power Plant in Toronto on May 28, 2009. They made their live debut in 2008 opening for Italians Do It Better artist Glass Candy at Wrongbar in Toronto. Findlay and Dodson continued to write more material, releasing "Ultralight" as a digital single later that year, and on vinyl on Thisisnotanexit Records in London, England.
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Through an exchange of emails with Dodson, they wrote their first single "Ultralight".
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Parallels was created by Holly Dodson and former member, Cameron Findlay. 6 Collaboration with Futurecop! (2018-2019).