Marine Research was an indie rock

Indie rock

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/twee pop band, based in Oxford/London (UK), formed in 1997 by four of the five members of Heavenly

Heavenly (British band)

Heavenly were a 1990s twee pop band, originally forming in Oxford, England in 1989. Amelia Fletcher , Mathew Fletcher , Peter Momtchiloff and Robert Pursey had all been members of Talulah Gosh, a key member of the C86 scene.-History:Heavenly debuted with the 7" single "I Fell in Love Last...

 (Amelia Fletcher

Amelia Fletcher

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, Peter Momtchiloff

Peter Momtchiloff

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, Cathy Rogers

Cathy Rogers

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 and Rob Pursey), following the suicide of Heavenly drummer Mathew Fletcher. The band were joined on drums by DJ Downfall (real name: John Stanley), who is also a solo recording artist.

The band disbanded in 1999. Vocalist and keyboardist Cathy Rogers

Cathy Rogers

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 moved to the US, and became well known for producing and starring in the television show Junkyard Wars. Lead singer and songwriter Amelia Fletcher

Amelia Fletcher

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 was also in the group Talulah Gosh

Talulah Gosh

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 and currently records with Tender Trap

Tender Trap

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, alongside bassist Rob Pursey and drummer John Stanley. Guitarist Peter Momtchiloff now plays in Would-be-goods

Would-be-goods

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, Speed of Sound and Scarlet's Well

Scarlet's Well

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.

Sounds from the Gulf Stream

The band recorded just one album Sounds From the Gulf Stream, released on K Records

K Records

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 (US) and Elefant Records

Elefant Records

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 (Spain). Nods to Heavenly

Heavenly (British band)

Heavenly were a 1990s twee pop band, originally forming in Oxford, England in 1989. Amelia Fletcher , Mathew Fletcher , Peter Momtchiloff and Robert Pursey had all been members of Talulah Gosh, a key member of the C86 scene.-History:Heavenly debuted with the 7" single "I Fell in Love Last...

 are present, especially in terms of the twangy guitar and multi-layered vocals.

Track listing

1. Parallel Horizontal (3:21)
2. You and a Girl (4:42)
3. Hopefulness to Hopelessness (4:02)
4. Queen B (3:54)
5. Chucking Out Time (3:00)
6. Glamour Gap (3:47)
7. At the Lost and Found (2:37)
8. Venn Diagram (2:57)
9. End of the Affair (3:24)
10. Y.Y.U.B. (4:19)

Discography

• "Queen B" (7" single; 1998)
• "Parallel Horizontal
  Parallel Horizontal
  "Parallel Horizontal" is a song by the indie pop band Marine Research. It first appeared as a single on 27 July 1999 and then as the opening track on their only album Sounds from the Gulf Stream on 24 August....
  
  " (EP; 1999)
• Sounds from the Gulf Stream (1998)
• "Sick and Wrong"/"By The Way" (split 7" with Built to Spill
  Built to Spill
  Built to Spill is an American indie rock band based in Boise, Idaho. The band has released seven full-length albums. Their most recent album, There Is No Enemy, was released on October 6, 2009.-History:...
  
  ; 1999)

External links

• Marine Research home page
• Marine Research at Southern Records
  Southern Records
  Southern Records is an independent record label closely associated with Crass Records, Corpus Christi Records and Dischord Records. It is based in London and previously had offices in Chicago , Le Havre and Berlin .Southern was originally a recording studio owned and operated by John Loder...