Audio Mixers: Danger Mouse; Tony Maserati.

Recording information: Eastcote Studios, London, England; Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, CA; Run-Roc Studios, NY; Sear Sound, NY.

While their debut, 2003's ECHOES, contained occasional flashes of brilliance, NYC indie-dance firebrands the Rapture tighten up their post-punk 'n' funk formula for their second album, PIECES OF THE PEOPLE WE LOVE. All the signature dynamism has returned: from Luke Jenner's Robert Smith-like wailing, to the slashing, angular guitars--it all comes careening like a disco train on a detour from Funkytown to Sheffield. By taking the propulsive, rhythmic drive of house and fusing it to the primal energy of punk, the Rapture make visceral and thrilling dance music for rock & roll's cool kids.