Well known for his work with the influential American band Deerhunter, songwriter Bradford Cox is a prolific and perpetually creative artist whose solo project Atlas Sound has often been an outlet for some of the more experimental, and elusive of his musical offerings. Parallax however contains some of Bradford's most focused melodic compositions to date. Spectral, shimmering guitars and subtle electronic effects are employed throughout this record, where loneliness and light, bleakness and beauty seem equally audible.