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As previously reported on ITM, The Rapture have begun work on the follow up to 2003’s sublime, DFA-produced, disco punk affair ‘Echoes’. A phenomenally cool cast of producers has been selected and the studio clock has started ticking, with the band currently working with Danger Mouse. The Rapture’s boyishly good-looking singer Luke Jenner recently commented that working with Danger Mouse is definitely the most far-out thing the band have done.
“This is the closest to a collaboration we’ve done – and it’s definitely not a traditional approach,” he stated of the creative tryst. “He just treats us like samples. Instead of me going in and playing a guitar part – he’ll take a little loop of it and use it to sound like something’s exploding. It doesn’t even sound like a guitar after he’s done with it sometimes. That’s new for us.”
Anybody that found themselves drawn to the darkness that lurked behind The Rapture’s debut effort will be a little more tested with their next album, as the band brighten up a little, to reflect their comfortable family lives. “The early demos we’ve played for people, they’ve said it’s a little more ‘like sunshine’. You know, a little brighter. Because of the headspace we were in,” revealed drummer Vito Roccoforte when speaking with Rolling Stone recently.
