18-09-04, 02:34 AM | #1 |
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The Rapture
Man, there is something hot going on here. Won't you download these songs and listen along with me? The singer is sometimes aweful, but the whole thing works somehow. They were a band that did a tribute to "The Cure" that teamed up with some producers that funked them up real good. I love "The Cure" and I love to dance ...so it was a perfect fit for me. A surprising find that I've enjoyed this past week. ...an accurate review:
The Rapture Echoes Originally released: 2003 Universal Music Group The Rapture stand tall among New York's latest wave of art-damaged punk-disco bands. People like to compare these groups to early-Nineties British rave rockers. But the comparison doesn't work, because New York bands such as the Rapture, the Liars and !!! actually rock, while the Happy Mondays sucked, Jesus Jones sucked monkeys, and EMF sucked gorillas through a screen door. The key is rhythm: The acid-house bands got all soft and soggy, while the Rapture go for lean, jagged beats, all forward momentum and nervous aggression. Their long-awaited album Echoes is the big payback, fusing mean guitars and disco trance for a ferocious new breed of punk funk. A few years ago, the Rapture were just your basic big-hair Cure tribute band. But then they hooked up with New York's ace production team DFA -- James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy -- who funked them up something fierce. Under DFA's wing, the Rapture blew up with their amazing indie club hits "House of Jealous Lovers" (which is included here) and "Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks" (which isn't). The music is all doom and gloom: Luke Jenner wails his gothed-out love mantras over hypnotic synth beats, slashing guitar, bass rumbles and the occasional cowbell solo. It adds up to a psychotically shredded sound. The Big Star tribute ballad "Love Is All" is a surprise stroke, and percussionist Gabe Andruzzi proves himself one of the most influential cowbell players of our time, despite his unfortunate penchant for wearing head scarves onstage. It's the sound of the crowd, circa 2003: Give the drummer some, people, but don't forget to save a little love for the cowbell player. ROB SHEFFIELD (Rolling Stone 934, October 30, 2003) The Rapture - Olio The Rapture - I Need Your Love The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers The Rapture - Sister Savior |
18-09-04, 03:41 AM | #2 |
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It's funny how the singer sounds ok on 2 of the songs and like a parody on the other 2. Not bad music for the middle of the night; a cross between punk and disco. Pisco, or is it dunk?
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18-09-04, 06:22 AM | #3 |
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Done it again
You have done it again Maze.
I love this sort of sound. Yes reminds me very much of the Cure. It says that in the write up that they used to be a tribute band. I work nights so this is the sort of stuff I like to listen to while I'm building cars. I have hugh mixs of fatboy slim, Live in Cardiff and on Brighton beach. This and bit more that I wiil look for, Will now be added. I must get to listen to the new Prodigy Album. I might even buy it.
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01-10-04, 09:51 PM | #6 |
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The Rapture - Olio The Rapture - Heaven The Rapture - Open Up Your Heart The Rapture - I Need Your Love The Rapture - The Coming Of Spring The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers The Rapture - Echoes The Rapture - Killing The Rapture - Sister Savior The Rapture - Love Is All The Rapture - Infatuation I NOW HAVE THE WHOLE ALBUM!!! ...Private Message me if you want it, and I'll send it to you. It's some of the hottest stuff happenning in New York, but it's spreading fast through the US and other countries. Certainly a must for your collection to remember the hip avant garde scene of 2003-4. PM me to find out where the folder is at. Last edited by Maze : 04-10-04 at 06:41 AM. |
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Nevermind this post. Total nonsense edited out. Don't remember typing a word of it.
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