Pitchfork

The Rapture single "The Sound", which has apparently been heard out in a few DJ sets via CD-R this year, is being issued as a 12" next month on the band's label Throne of Blood, with two remixes. One of these is by Ben Trucker (aka Ben Rymer) of UK duo Gucci Soundsystem, from whom we heard most recently via their remix of LCD Soundsystem's "Time to Get Away", which found its way to the A Bunch of Stuff EP. The original version of "The Sound" is quintessential Rapture dance-punk, driven by stuttering drums, laser-beam synths, surges of guitar, and shouty vocals. Ben Trucker sands off the song's edges and climbs aboard for a smooth ride on Moroder's Midnight Express. We don't hear much identifiable from the band until almost four minutes in, at which point they pop in and their rockier approach is melded pretty seamlessly with the pulsating synths.