Movietone is an English

England

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 post-rock

Post-rock

Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...

 band. They formed in Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

, England

England

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 in 1994. Core members are Kate Wright and Rachel Brook (now Rachel Coe). Brook was also a member of Flying Saucer Attack

Flying Saucer Attack

Flying Saucer Attack was an experimental space rock band that formed in Bristol, England in 1992. David Pearce was the core member of the group, and Rachel Brook was a member for most of the band's lifetime....

 during the first few years of the band's existence, and Wright is also currently the bass player for Crescent

Crescent (band)

Crescent are an alternative music band from Bristol, England, formed in the early 1990s by Matt Jones , Chris Locke and Jasper Larsen . Currently, the two principal members are brothers Matt Jones and Sam Jones...

. Other musicians have included Matt and Sam Jones (both of Crescent), Matt Elliott (The Third Eye Foundation), Chris Cole, Florence Lovegrove, Ros Walford and Clare Ring.

2003's The Sand and The Stars

The Sand and The Stars

-Track listing:#The Sand and the Stars — 2:43#Ocean Song — 5:02#In Mexico — 5:00#Pale Tracks — 4:06#Let Night In — 3:52#We Rode On — 3:48#Snow Is Falling — 4:25#Not Even Close — 1:47#Red Earth — 4:08#Beach Samba — 2:57#Near Marconi's Hut — 1:25...

was recorded almost entirely live on a beach

Beach

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Albums

• Movietone, Planet Records, 1995 (Re-issued on Geographic, 2003)
• Day and Night, Drag City
  Drag City (record label)
  Drag City is a Chicago-based independent record label. It was established with a Royal Trux release in 1990 in Chicago, Illinois by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn.Drag City specializes in experimental indie rock acts...
  
   and Domino Records, 1997
• The Blossom Filled Streets, Drag City and Domino Records, 2000
• The Sand and The Stars
  The Sand and The Stars
  -Track listing:#The Sand and the Stars — 2:43#Ocean Song — 5:02#In Mexico — 5:00#Pale Tracks — 4:06#Let Night In — 3:52#We Rode On — 3:48#Snow Is Falling — 4:25#Not Even Close — 1:47#Red Earth — 4:08#Beach Samba — 2:57#Near Marconi's Hut — 1:25...
  
  , Drag City and Domino Records, 2003

Singles (All 7" vinyl only)

• "She Smiled Mandarine Like" / "Orange Zero" (Planet Records, 1994)
• "Mono Valley" / "Under the 3000 Foot Red Ceiling" (Planet Records, 1995)
• "Useless Landscape" / "Summer" (Planet Records, 1997)
• "Sun Drawing" / "Marine Oceano" (Domino Records, 1997)