The Rapture bassist Mattie Safer has left the New York based dance-punk band.
The band posted a blog on Tuesday that announced his departure but failed to explain the reasons for it.
"We are sad to see him go but it seems it is the best for all of us."
Keyboard player Gabriel Andruzzi went on to say that the band would continue on without Sefer and had been recording new material.
"Since then Luke, Vito and I have been on a creative tear. We've been working out of our little Brooklyn make shift studio, writing, demoing and jamming. I'm pretty damn excited to share the fruits of our labor with you. But its still gonna be a minute before we hit the studio for real."
