The Rapture Breaks Up, But is Still Together

An announcement, posted yesterday, at The Rapture’s blog has announced the departure of the band’s bassist/vocalist Mattie Safer. In reality he’s been gone for months now, but the band has been a little inactive as of late. keyboardist Gabe Andruzzi wrote the post and said, “We are sad to see him go but it seems it is the best for all of us.”

The band is planning a short tour this fall through Australia, and, according to yesterday’s post, they are working on new material, though they are not officially in the studio right now. So, no more Mattie = bummer. New The Rapture album = pretty awesome. The band isn’t breaking up = even awesomer. Full post below.

Dear Fans and friends,

I’ve been meaning to catch you up on what’ s been going on in Rapture world. First off, I’m sad to say that at the beginning of April our buddy Mattie Safer decided to leave the band. We are sad to see him go but it seems it is the best for all of us. Since then Luke, Vito and I have been on a creative tear. We’ve been working out of our little Brooklyn make shift studio, writing, demoing and jamming. I’m pretty damn excited to share the fruits of our labor with you. But its still gonna be a minute before we hit the studio for real. On the other hand, I am very pleased to announce that the people of the great continent of Australia will be some of the first to hear some of our new material live, when we arrive late September for Parklife festival. In the meantime, keep an eye on this blog and another on your neighborhood dance party, who knows maybe we’ll be spinnin’.

Lotsa Love,
The Rapture