Monster Movie is a British

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band originally formed by

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and Sean Hewson in 1989. The band reformed in 1999, with Rachel Goldstar. In 2009, Ryan Graveface and Sophie Pittaway made recording contributions. In 2011, seeking to do more live performances, Gregg Cox and Sam Williams joined on bass and drums, respectively. Savill previously played as guitarist in

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band

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, until he left shortly before they changed musical direction and became

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. Both Savill and Hewson had played together in the pre-Slowdive band ''Eternal''. They released one single on Sarah Records in 1990. In September 2009, Monster Movie announced the completion of their album ''Everyone Is A Ghost''. The album was released by Graveface Records in March 2010. Along with occasiona
radio airplay
on Seattle'
KEXP
DJ John Richards described their debut album as "very beautiful, jangly atmospheric pop featuring smoothly strummed guitar."

Notable performance

* 1990: Cartoon’s in Reading, England (with Eternal and Slowdive)

Discography

Albums

* ''Last Night Something Happened'' (2002, Clairecords) * ''To the Moon'' (2003, Clairecords) * ''Transistor'' (Mini-Album) (2004, Graveface Records) * '' All Lost'' (2006, Graveface Records/ArtOfFact Records) * ''Everyone Is a Ghost'' (2010, Graveface Records) * ''Keep the Voices Distant'' (2017, Graveface Records)

EPs

* ''Crash Landing'' EP * ''Monster Movie'' EP (2001, Clairecords) * ''Preface'' EP (2002, Graveface Records) split with Dreamend

References

External links

Monster Movie on MySpace.com

Monster Movie at Wordpress

Monster Movie at last.fm
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