This album is positively monumental. At one moment you are in a punk-rock house party in Brooklyn and then you are transported to a Berlin nightclub at 3am and then you wake up with a hangover on a Sunday morning as sunlight hits your face. The DFA-supplied beats are perfect, the tinny Gang-of-Rapture guitar is artful, and the basslines are incessant. But what really makes this album important, and more than just a Williamsburg art-rock document, are the slower tracks. There's a lovely power-pop song that i   [ read more ]

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Pieces of the People We Love was written over the course of 12 months after the band had finished touring their debut. Knuckling down to writing duties upon their return to New York, the group emerged in a confident stride with 30 songs in their pocket and an itch to get into the studio. They road-tested some of their new tunes in a series of low-key live shows up and down the east and west coasts. The results were suitably exciting (the NYC show was voted Gig of the Year by New York Magazine), so   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. This catchy song by punk-rock disco group the Rapture is given a deep percussive treatment from Morgan Geist. With a great live drum sound, pulsing bass, and even a trumpet solo! On the record: A1. House of Jealous Lovers (Original) A2. House of Jealous Lovers (Morgan Geist REMIX) B1. Silent Morning

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The Rapture formed in the spring of '98. With a keen ear toward visionaries such as PIL, Television, Chrome, and the Happy Mondays, they've formed a reputation for energetic, chaotic live sets of sonic deathfuck groove. They combine all that's great about English and American post-punk. The dubby bass and propagandistic bellow of Gang of Four, the angular guitar of Richard Lloyd, the slack-jawed ramblings of Mark E. Smith -- these guys have got it all.

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Tapes is a treasure trove of rare grooves and cult classics spanning three decades, from the late 1970s to 2008. One key thread running through the mix is the evergreen sound of the New York underground, epitomised by classic tunes like Vaughan Mason and Crews 1980 disco-rap milestone Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll. Tapes features an elite selection of European talents too, from the cult 1970s French disco pioneers Martin Circus to modern-day Parisian DJ royalty, including Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalta   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. The Chair That Squeaks was the debut release from The Rapture, recorded after their Mirror LP/CD on Gravity, but released prior to it. Originally issued on Hymnal Sound in 1998, the single is made available once again through GSL, with all-new jacket art. After the release of this single, the band left California for Seattle, and then Seattle for New York, where they currently reside. The Chair That Squeaks is a great non-LP track that was a staple of The Rapture's early l   [ read more ]

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The Rapture's Mirror recalls the icy experimentalism of post-punk groups like Suicide, the Cure, Joy Division, and Public Image Ltd, as well as the more extended song structures of the latter band and Television. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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This is an 18" x 24" Rapture poster from the July 26, 2004 show in Orlando, FL. 3-color screenprint on red linen cover stock. Hand printed, signed and numbered edition of 75. Designed by: Thomas Scott // Eye Noise

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The Rapture formed in the spring of '98. With a keen ear toward visionaries such as PIL, Television, Chrome, and the Happy Mondays, they've formed a reputation for energetic, chaotic live sets of sonic deathfuck groove. They combine all that's great about English and American post-punk. The dubby bass and propagandistic bellow of Gang of Four, the angular guitar of Richard Lloyd, the slack-jawed ramblings of Mark E. Smith -- these guys have got it all.

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