The Rapture are like The Strokes but with a disco twist. Authors of this year's feel good hit of the summer, the striking new wave punk funk anthem 'House Of Jealous Lovers', The Rapture are the straight-laced rock band with DIY hardcore roots whose mercurial signature track is the peak-time tune of choice at electroclash parties the world over.

When DJ Hell played the opening shards of 'House...' at the International Deejay Gigolos knees-up in Barcelona last month, the place erupted and the venue got trashed. Would similar scenes of unbridled jubilation greet The Rapture on their debut live shows in hard-to-impress London? Or are they simply the latest victims to be devoured by the British media hype machine?"

Releases

• Pieces Of The People We Love (single) - single, out 23/04/2007 on Vertigo. 1 review (read/post)
• W.A.Y.U.H (People Don't Dance No More) - single, out 27/11/2006 on Vertigo. (post review)
• Pieces Of The People We Love - album, out 18/09/2006 on Vertigo. 1 review (read/post)
• Get Myself Into It - single, out 21/08/2006 on Vertigo. 1 review (read/post)
• Indie Remix - album, out 31/07/2006 on Universal Music. (post review)
• ...Is Live And Well In New York City - cinema, out 19/07/2004 on Vertigo. 1 review (read/post)
• Love Is All - single, out 09/02/2004 on Vertigo. 1 review (read/post)
• Love Is All/I Need Your Love - single, out 09/02/2004 on Vertigo. (post review)
• Sister Saviour - single, out 17/11/2003 on Vertigo. 1 review (read/post)
• Echoes - album, out 08/09/2003 on Universal Music. (post review)
• House Of Jealous Lovers - single, out 25/08/2003 on Universal Music. (post review)
• Olio - single. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Lovebox London Weekender - Sunday, Sun 22 Jul at London Victoria Park. (post review)
• Latitude Festival - Sunday, Sun 15 Jul at Southwold Henham Park. (post review)
• Indian Summer - Saturday, Sat 14 Jul at Glasgow Victoria Park. (post review)
• Sun 08 Oct at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Tue 05 Sep at London Islington Academy. 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 27 Jan at Birmingham Academy. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 28 Aug at London HMS President. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 24/10/2007: EXCLUSIVE: free track from The Rapture
• 11/07/2007: Latitude: sold out
• 06/07/2007: Dour Festival update: Explosions have us in Raptures...
• 06/07/2007: Mean Fiddler to offer Reading/Leeds downloads
• 06/12/2006: Bloody Thrones! The Rapture set up their own label
• 23/11/2006: The Rapture, Cat Power, YYYs, Snowden and more on new breast cancer charity album
• 25/09/2006: Promiscuous girl, you've given me CRABS: DiS chart round-up
• 30/08/2006: The Rapture announce a pair of free shows
• 04/07/2006: The groom plucks a key from The Rapture tree... uses it to unlock tour news?
• 03/04/2006: Danger! The Rapture Mouse about in the studio

Features

• 02/08/2007: Dour Festival 2007: the DiS review
• 26/08/2003: All The President's Men

Links

• therapturemusic.com - official site

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