The Rapture: Pieces Of The People We Love : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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In 2001, The Rapture revitalized the whole dance-punk thing with their indie club hit "Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks," combining goth doom and gloom with disco abandon. On its fantastic 2003 album Echoes, the New York band did more for the cowbell than "Mississippi Queen," "We're an American Band" and Christopher Walken combined. The Rapture haven't surrendered their moody groove on Pieces of the People We Love - lots of cowbell, lots of bass. But instead of their original production gurus, New York duo the DFA, they cut a good portion of Pieces with Danger Mouse, who juices up their funk. Luke Jenner and Matt Safer trade off their soul-in-torment vocals, and Gabe Andruzzi drums and Vito Roccoforte bangs on things that need banging. The Rapture hold it down in anthems like "Get Myself Into It" and "W.A.Y.U.H.," which stands for "Whoo! Alright! Yeah! Uh-Huh!" Who can argue with a sentiment like that?