The Rapture (band)

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The Rapture is an American rock band from New York City that formed in 1998. During their first incarnation, the band consisted of Luke Jenner (lead vocals, guitar), Vito Roccoforte (drums, percussion), and Gabriel Andruzzi (keyboards, bass, saxophone, percussion). The classic lineup (1999–2009) added Mattie Safer playing bass and sharing lead vocal duties with Jenner. Safer and Jenner's harmonized choruses became part of the signature sound of the band, featuring on several of the band's more well known songs. The band mixed influences from many genres including dance-punk, post-punk, acid house, disco, and electronica. They were forerunners of the dance-punk revival coming out of the post-punk revival during the early 2000s, as they mixed their early post-punk sound with electronic and dance elements. The band has acknowledged that their music draws on themes of Christianity. The band began by releasing a mini-album, Mirror, in January 1999, under Gravity Records. Afterward, in 2001,...

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