Monster Movie All Lost Graveface  [Graveface; 2006]  Rating:
3.5/5 3.5 / 5 (0)  Styles: shoegazer, dream pop, indie electro-
pop Others: Slowdive, M83, Broadcast  The shoegaze-of-the-moment
may be more the M83 wall-of-sound than it is the Mazzy Star
mellow, but Monster Movie need not follow trends. With
Slowdive's Christian Savill as a partner to Sean Hewson, this
band can trace its own roots back to the very roots of the
shoegaze genre. This latest outing shows the duo in top dream-
pop form, enlisting vocalist Rachel Staggs to help lay the
blanket of music thick and silky.  While tempo is restrained,
Savill and Hewson's songs are beautiful enough to never drag.
"Vanishing Act," the first real song of the album, comes as
close to bounciness as I've ever heard such an electro-dream-pop
song get. The gentle strumming of an acoustic guitar buoys the
more gauzy electric lead-line, while the male-female shared
vocal glides along with an exceedingly pleasant harmony. On
other songs, like "The Impossible" and "No One