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The Rapture, On tourAs amazing as their synthesis of punk and funk was, the two elements were always at war within the music of the Rapture. Emerging under the aegis of James Murphy's DFA records, their House Of Jealous Lovers single honoured their own pasts in post-hardcore guitar music and their love of the dancefloor. Since then, they have had a troubled relationship with their music's commercial appeal, their work sounding at times a little compromised or as if it were coming from a differen...

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