Monster Movie

Monster Movie make a fine return on the mysterious Graveface label for another album of melancholy dream-pop. And while that description may feel like its been applied to numerous bands in the most haphazard of ways, it should be noted that Monster Movie contains a former member of shoegaze legends Slowdive, so it's pretty much a given that these guys know what they're doing. All Lost has a constant underlying motif of hazy, breezy melodies, but in addition to slow-breathing ballads like "Hope I Find The Moon," there's the Magnetic Fields-inspired electro-pop of "Driving Through The Red Lights" and the buoyant pop of "Return To Yesterday." Monster Movie create pleasingly laid-back sonics that never once drift into monotony, taking the best moments of fellow subtle-pop merrymakers like Low, Mojave Three, Flying Saucer Attack, and Red House Painters and melding together something wonderful in its own right.