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The Yes Men

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.

“ 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

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