Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the stage name of English artist Sam Duckworth and his band. He is sometimes referred to as Get Cape, Cape, GCWCF, Slam Dunkworth, and "Charlie Khoo". According to Duckworth, his stage name comes from a ZX Spectrum magazine. One of the sections of the solution to the Batman computer game contained the header "Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly".

Duckworth grew up in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, and has supported bands such as The Flaming Lips, The Magic Numbers, OK Go, Funeral for a Friend, The Kooks and Feeder. Duckworth was signed to Atlantic Records in March 2006, after playing many gigs, both with punk rock band Silverskin who were famed locally for their minor hit 'We will never defeat an American' and for championing local Emo and pop punk bands through Sam's regular 'Skool Daze' nights at Chinnerys in Southend, and also as GCWCF. GCWCF is currently recording a third album for Atlantic Records UK^{[citation needed]}.

The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager

Get Cape's debut album, The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager, has been described as an indie/emo fusion, suggesting that it blends the line between emo rock and indie music. The album was very well received by critics and even made the top 100,000,000 albums in terms of sales through 2006 according to Q Q and NME.

In October 2006, he performed as part of the BBC Electric Proms. He played at a number of major festivals in 2007, including Oxegen, Glastonbury,, Reading and Leeds Festivals and SXSW.

In January 2007, Duckworth was nominated for best solo artist at the annual NME Awards, up against Lily Allen, Jamie T, Jarvis Cocker and Thom Yorke.

Searching for the Hows and Whys

Get Cape's second album, Searching for the Hows and Whys was released on 10 March 2008. It features guest vocals from Kate Nash on the track, "Better Things" but The album also features Billy Bragg on "Interlude". "Waiting for the Monster to Drown" was released as a free download via Get Cape's official website and MySpace on 7 December 2007. The first single released from the album was "Find The Time" which was released on 3 March 2008, and reached number 33 on the UK Top 40 Chart.

On 24 March 2008, he performed on Hollyoaks as part of a gig staged in the village.

Duckworth is well known for his debating and love for a variety of different musical styles. Of late he has been guesting on the debut full length from Southend-based post-rockers Between the Screams. It has been revealed by the band the album title will be 'our last days on earth' and it will see a release through UK indie label [Basick records]The album should see a release in early 2009. He has had run-ins with the British National Party after a racist attack in a nightclub two years ago, and he has since become an avid supporter of Love Music Hate Racism. He is also a Fairtrade supporter.

Albums

• The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager (Atlantic Records, 2006) (#26 UK)
• Searching for the Hows and Whys (Atlantic Records, 2008) (#30 UK)

EPs

• Split with The Remarkable Rocket (3" CD, BSM Records, 2004)
• Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (EP, BSM Records, 2005)
• Split with Dave House (10" EP, BSM Records/Gravity DIP, 2006)

Singles

• "I-Spy"/"Call Me Ishmael" (Atlantic Records, 2006)
• "The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager (Part One)" (Atlantic Records, 2006) (#38 UK)
• "War of the Worlds" (Atlantic Records, 2006) (#39 UK)
• "I Spy" (Atlantic Records, March 2007) (#37 UK)
• "Waiting for the Monster to Drown" (Atlantic Records, December 2007)
• "Find the Time" (Atlantic Records, March 2008) (#33 UK)
• "Keep Singing Out" (Atlantic Records, 19 May 2008)

Demos

• Demo 1 (2-track demo, self-released, 2004)

"Call Me Ishmael" depicts an "escape" from everyday work, showing different people from different careers entering an underground tunnel network, along with Duckworth. At the end of the video, Duckworth emerges in a Job Centre, and is promptly asked by an employee to "Take a Number and a seat, please"; an anti-climax to the up-beat feeling of the rest of the song.

"I-Spy" is somewhat a spoof of a British Saturday morning kids show. Where Duckworth is introduced by a creature that looks like one of the Fimbles and so continues to play on a seat surrounded by kids and various other characters like a stereotypical popstar.

""The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager (Part One)" depicts Sam Duckworth with other band members playing in a casual environment, inside of a house — wherein it is later revealed that a number of red strings lead into. The bulk of the video consists of various people from different walks of life following one of these strings into the house. At this point, the crescendo of the song kicks in, and a more gig/party like atmosphere is assumed. The video ends by depicting the "morning after" with many people asleep, and Duckworth still playing into a phone, quietly, next to a huge ball of red string.

"War of the Worlds" shows Duckworth in a warehouse sitting singing the song whilst workers busy themselves setting up poles in which their function are not known until the climax of the song, at which point they explode around Duckworth and spew out various colours of paint.

Although not a band in the conventional sense, musicians who perform live with GCWCF are:

Mike Glenister - Cornet
Andy Theakstone - Drums
Gavin Fitzjohn - Trumpet, Sax, Vests
Jamie Allen - Bass Guitar
Tom Pinder - Trombone

• Official website
• Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly at MySpace
• YouTube - Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly podcast (part one)
• FREE SESSION by GCWCF from NvTv
• Atlantic Records artist page
• Interview on LeftLion.co.uk
• CD Review
• Concert Review