The Rapture

Roberto and Tbone invited me along to see the new “it” New York band-of-the-moment The Rap­ture thurs­day night, Down­stairs at the Middle East. They did not disappoint.

You can call it “dancey”, disco, funk, post-​punk, or Nou­veau Garage — but don’t let those labels throw you — these guys want to rock. They remind me a lot of LA’s Moving Units, another great band that com­bines jangly gui­tars and disco drum­ming. But, with Cure-esque vocalisms, a fear­some cow­bell solo, and enough energy to choke a horse, I couldn’t help but feel­ing that I was wit­ness­ing some­thing truly inspired.

Earth to all you 80′s-haters – we’re back, and we’ll pogo you back into line!