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Prior to Echoes, all that most music fans really knew about the Rapture was that they were a band adored by music snobs and the fashion set, and it was pretty much impossible to find records by them that didn't sound like they'd been recorded in a biscuit-tin. But silence, doubters: with Echoes, these tousle-haired Brooklynites have made one of the defining records of 2003. Drawing on everything from British post-punk, early Chicago house and the shrill post-grunge sound of the mid-1990s Seattle underground, Echoes can loosely be divided into three parts: the scalpel-sharp guitar work-outs ("Heaven", "Echoes"), the booty-shaking, room-quaking dancefloor fillers ("House of Jealous Lovers", "Sister Saviour") and the bare, "Perfect Day"-style torch-songs ("Open Up Your Heart", "Love Is All"). Mind you, that's not to say Echoes lacks moments of individual majesty, as the frazzled tears-on-the-dancefloor acid shimmer of "Olio" proudly attests.
Frontman Luke Jenner's cut-glass caterwaul--pitched somewhere maddeningly between the Cure's Robert Smith and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain--is on the perpetual drift between sadness, anger and euphoria. Yet the whole of Echoes flows like a dream, segueing from track to track like the best mix-tape you never owned. Believe it: not only have the Rapture rehabilitated the humble cowbell, they've crafted one of the most inventive and successful dance-rock crossovers since Primal Scream's Screamadelica. --Louis Pattison
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having followed this band since their first, 4-track-recorded album "Mirror", I have to say I've thoroughly enjoyed their slow and steady evolution and rise through the underground. While their live shows have always been fantastic, their small amount of recorded output (one full length, one EP, and a handful of singles) up until now has only hinted at the breadth, variety, and brilliance of their music. "echoes" is the masterpiece they've had in them all along. Yeah, they're hyped, yeah, they're courted by the press and the fashion mags and whatnot, but these guys are no trendy neophytes. They pretty much started the disco-punk trend anyway, and while their sound owes a lot to the past, (whose doesn't?) they, along with the DFA, have fashioned a slick but stripped-down sound that sounds both utterly current and instantly classic. They aren't afraid to try new things and venture into new territory, and to test the limits of their audience. (chicago house for the indie crowd?) oh, yeah, and they're actually good songwriters! a truly great album by a truly great band.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By penllyn8
Format:Audio CD
arrived quickly in perfect condition
bought it on the back of hearing "Echoes" as theme for the brilliant "Misfits"
love dance and punk music - this album combines both & all for just a few quid!
buy it now, you won't be disappointed!!
bought it on the back of hearing "Echoes" as theme for the brilliant "Misfits"
love dance and punk music - this album combines both & all for just a few quid!
buy it now, you won't be disappointed!!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What really marks "Echoes" out from the all of the other new bands on the scene is the diversity it demonstrates. Although, I still think "Out of the races and onto the tracks" is their best song (found on previous mini album and also on Rough Trade's Post Punk compilation, also excellent!) and a fantastic upbeat punk/dance crossover. Imagine elements of the Cure, Joy Division and the Happy Mondays filtered through New York and your not far away. It is essential that you see them live as they are one of the best acts to see in the flesh. I've already seen them 3 times this year and would go again tomorrow. If you genuinely like good music that's a little different from latest batch of copycat bands you'll find a space for this in your collection.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've had this album since last spring and I still love it. It is a departure from their earlier stuff, which was noisier experimental rock and great as well. Echoes is a mix between dance music, hardcore punk, and Sonic Youth type guitars. I'm not even going to bother telling you what tracks are the best, because every single minute of this album is absolutely perfect. Get it as soon as you can, this one's a classic.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Gertie
Format:Audio CD
All I can say is, buy this album. If your looking for a band that's so different from the current guitar,indierock bands on the scene, The Rapture is the one.What attracted me to buy this album is that the band are absolutely brilliant live. I didnt know any of their stuff when i watched them but it encouraged me to add Echoes to my collection. Highly original and well worth owning, for me, it is a mighty fine album.
By gregory.cov
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
on first listen i thought oh no a sub-quality cure soundalike a la block party ('praps a bit harsh on both?). the casual listen in the car or around the house does this album no favours at all. however, headphones on and its a completely different beast. wacked out dance or psychedelic mayhem? check. 2 fillers you can live with(its yin and yang, maan)? check. i honestly thought my playlist had skipped onto West about 2/3's of the way through!! brilliant!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By M. Fantino
Format:Audio CD
You can't go wrong with The Rapture. Of the disco-punk movement, they and Radio 4 are at the top of the heap.
This has been a highly anticipated album. Little leaks of songs have been released here and there for the last several months. DFA had put out a number of fantastic 12" singles that I have been able to snatch up while I was waiting and the Yes New York compilation contains the glorious new vamped-up version of Olio.
This has been a highly anticipated album. Little leaks of songs have been released here and there for the last several months. DFA had put out a number of fantastic 12" singles that I have been able to snatch up while I was waiting and the Yes New York compilation contains the glorious new vamped-up version of Olio.
Is it any real coincidence that both Blondie and Siouxsie had songs called (The) Rapture? You can hear elements of both that New York disco that Blondie was doing and that spaced out goth that Siouxsie was sculpting back in the day. But, if you can stomach a few more references, what really stands out to me with this album in particular and their two earlier ones is the following scenario: What if Robert Smith stepped up and volunteered his vocals to Joy Division after Ian Curtis ceased to be? Imagine that cusp, where New Order split off and continued with the anxiety Joy Division had but cloaked in a soothing atmosphear of early electronica. I know it's a lot to consider, but I can hear all of that and Robert Smith circa Faith or Pornography.
All that said, it is unfair for me, just a fan, to heap all of this mystique onto a band like The Rapture. If nothing else, Echoes proves that this band is responsible for it's own dynamics.
Now onto the tracks (or, a few of the ones I like best):
Olio has grown tremendously since The Rapture's first album. Listen to both and after a while you will gravitate to this one.
The Coming Of Spring has the familiar "get yourself together" that they used on Out Of The Races And Onto The Tracks. The rest of the song is completely different though.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Down with it.
Man, I havent had this much fun since moby, this is really funky, and disco pop, its absolutely genius and crazy, the cowbell in House Of Jealous Lovers, man, good times, not an... Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2004 by "gregorthedrummer"
5.0 out of 5 stars
Open up you heart
I went to see The Rapture in Leeds and have to say they are undoubtedlythe best live band ever, everyone in the crowd was converted! Read more
Published on 28 April 2004
4.0 out of 5 stars
therapture finally hit the big time
Ooops! Another genre of music has been created.
You've got to check this album out, it has some brilliant tracks on it, it has a dance-rock feel to it, espeically on tracks... Read more
You've got to check this album out, it has some brilliant tracks on it, it has a dance-rock feel to it, espeically on tracks... Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2004 by Mr. D. J. Humphrey
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of energy...
At last a band to fill the shoes of the likes of "Suicide" and "The Cure" with the same kinda of energy and strange take of their subject matter with lyrics that are both thought... Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2004 by Milt Ingarfield
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fresh, new, Brilliant
A superb fresh new album. Sounds a bit like The Cure meets, meets Siouxsie & the Banshees, meets Chemical Brothers, meets; no wrong, they meet no one, they sound Fresh, different... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2003 by Nigel Nicholls
5.0 out of 5 stars
Believe the hype!
I feel sorry for the reviewer who can't appreciate this CD. It is a fabulously fresh, original sound--the best of punk (its emotional edge and rawness)combined with the best of... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2003 by Black Griffin
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's like Bez, only not rubbish
"The Disco Strokes". What, I ask you, were we meant to make of that? It's the same old story: perfectly decent band pushes all the right fashion buttons, gets wildly... Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2003 by "davectheman"
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