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Artist News
Rapture bassist quits
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 17 July 2009
The Rapture have announced that bassist and vocalist Matt Safer has left the band.
In a post on their website, keyboard player Gabriel Andruzzi said: “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”.
However, he added that the three remaining members are currently working hard on new material, which they will preview at the Parklife festival in Australia in September. He said: “Since [Safer’s departure] Luke, Vito and I have been on a creative tear. We’ve been working out of our little Brooklyn make shift studio, writing, demo-ing and jamming. … But its still gonna be a minute before we hit the studio for real”.