User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
- Summary: The New York trio releases their fourth album of dance punk.
Buy Now
- Record Label: DFA
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Electronic, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 19 out of 31
-
Mixed: 9 out of 31
-
Negative: 3 out of 31
-
Sep 6, 2011I will say In The Grace of Your Love makes the last five years without The Rapture seem a lot more empty, sometimes you don't know what you're missing until it returns.
-
Q MagazineAug 19, 2011It looks like The Rapture--now a trio following the departure of bassist Matt Safer--have regained their despite to flaunt their slightly awkward moves. [Sep 2011, p.102]
-
UncutSep 9, 2011The Rapture have picked themselves up with a third album packed with ragged romps every bit as joyous as "house Of Jealous Lovers," their 2002 breakthrough. [Oct 2011, p.95]
-
Aug 29, 2011It's not a difficult or aloof album, but there is a cool precision that feels different to the choppy punkiness of old.
-
Sep 8, 2011The result, for its few flaws and its exhilarations, at the very least, sounds fantastic, production-wise; Grace finds the band melding tooth-ground guitar assaults; '80s throwback candy pop; fluttery house templates; dusty, almost Stax-worthy soul getaways and sample-laced electro throbs into an album willing to sacrifice sonic exactitude for a mélange of sounds, tempos and genre exercises that still feels very much of a singular-albeit kaleidoscopic-piece.
-
Sep 1, 2011Some of the songs like 'Miss You' and 'In The Grace of Your Love' have genuinely good moments and are enjoyable whilst they last. However, it's hard to escape the feeling that this is a band struggling to define themselves in a musical context that no longer needs them.
-
Sep 6, 2011Next to his material, In the Grace of Your Love sounds as forgettable as the dozens of nameless bands who came in Echoes's wake. The Rapture could still regroup on their next record, but it's difficult to see where they'd go from here.
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 2 out of 3
-
Mixed: 1 out of 3
-
Negative: 0 out of 3
-
Sep 8, 2011
-
-
Sep 22, 2011
-
-
Sep 6, 2011
-