Post by Seb on Oct 18, 2021 6:37:25 GMT
Luke Jenner (1975?)
Vocal Range: B♭2 - C6 (3 octaves, 2 semitones)
Years Active: 1998 - present
Member Of: The Rapture (1998 – 2013, 2019 – present), The Calculators (1998?)
{Discography}
The Rapture:
Mirror (C4 - B4)
Out Of The Races and Onto The Tracks (EP) (B♭3 - G5)
Echoes (F3 - G♯5)
Pieces Of The People We Love (F3 - F5 - C6)
In The Grace Of Your Love (B♭2 - C♯5 - E5)
Luke Jenner:
1 (B2 - G4 - D5) (note: Luke's vocals are featured on 6 of the 10 songs featured on the album)
The Rapture:
Mirror (C4 - B4)
Out Of The Races and Onto The Tracks (EP) (B♭3 - G5)
Echoes (F3 - G♯5)
Pieces Of The People We Love (F3 - F5 - C6)
In The Grace Of Your Love (B♭2 - C♯5 - E5)
Luke Jenner:
1 (B2 - G4 - D5) (note: Luke's vocals are featured on 6 of the 10 songs featured on the album)
Significant High Notes:
C6 ("The Devil")
B♭5 ("House Of Jealous Lovers" (several live performances), "Swing That Body")
A5 ("The Chair That Squeaks")
G♯5 ("Feels Real", "Echoes" (several live performances), "House Of Jealous Lovers", "Whoo! Alright - Yeah...Uh Huh" (live))
G5 ("Alabama Sunshine", "Echoes", "Heaven" (live at NYC record store), "The Devil", "The Pop Song")
F♯5 ("Calling Me", "House Of Jealous Lovers")
F5 ("Alabama Sunshine", "Feels Real", "Heaven", "Love Is All", "The Devil")
E5 ("Alabama Sunshine", "How Deep Is Your Love?", "The Chair That Squeaks", "The Jam", "The Pop Song")
E♭5 ("Blue Bird", "Calling Me", "Feels Real", "Heaven", "In The Grace Of Your Love", "Killing")
D5 ("Die One Day", "Love Is All", "Roller Coaster", "The Devil")
C♯5 ("Children", "House Of Jealous Lovers", "It Takes Time to Be a Man", "Killing", "Out Of The Races and Onto The Tracks", "The Coming Of Spring", "The Pop Song", "The Sound", "Whoo! Alright - Yeah...Uh Huh", "You're Not Alone")
C5 ("About To Explode", "Asshole", "Blue Bird", "Come Back To Me", "Down For So Long", "Echoes", "Feels Real", "Get Myself Into It", "Heaven and Hell", "How Deep Is Your Love?", “I Need Your Love”, "If There Is A God", "In The Grace Of Your Love", "Love Is All", "Never Die Again", "Olio" (Echoes version), "The Jam")
B4 ("About To Explode", "Alabama Sunshine", "Don Gon Do It", "Frames Frames Frames", "Heaven", "House Of Jealous Lovers", "It Takes Time to Be a Man", "July Morning", "Out Of The Races and Onto The Tracks", "Roller Coaster", "Swing That Body", "The Chair That Squeaks")
B♭4 ("Calling Me", "Can You Find A Way", "Children", "Confrontation", "Down For So Long", "Get Myself Into It", "Halo", "Heaven and Hell", "In The Grace Of Your Love", "Killing", "Live In Sunshine", "Love Is All", "The Sound", "Whoo! Alright - Yeah...Uh Huh")
A4 ("About To Explode", "Can You Find A Way", "Caravan", "Come Back To Me", "Frames Frames Frames", "Halo", "Heaven", "How Deep Is Your Love?", “I Need Your Love”, "If There Is A God", "Live In Sunshine", "Mirror", "Olio", "Open Up Your Heart", "Sail Away", "Silent Morning", "Sister Saviour" (live))
Significant Low Notes:
G3 ("All My Love", "Bring Your Love", "Dumb Waiters", "Halo", "How Deep Is Your Love?", "No Sex for Ben", "The Devil")
F♯3 ("Children", "Heaven" (Insound Tour EP version), "It Takes Time to Be a Man", "Roller Coaster")
F3 ("Blue Bird", "Dumb Waiters", "Live In Sunshine", "Never Die Again", "No Sex For Ben", "Open Up Your Heart")
E3 ("Can You Find A Way", "Open Up Your Heart" live on Instagram, "You're Not Alone")
E♭3 ("Heaven and Hell")
D3 ("Can You Find A Way", "Roller Coaster")
C♯3 ("Can You Find A Way")
C3 ("All My Love", "Heaven and Hell")
B2 ("You're Not Alone")
B♭2 ("Heaven and Hell", "Never Die Again")
Blue marks falsetto notes.
Green marks harsh distorted notes.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Underlines mark notes found in background vocals or harmonies.
Boldface marks notes that are particularly exemplary of this vocalist's capabilities.
{Vocal Summary}
The Rapture hit close to home, literally. They took upbeat, aggressively danceable rock and electronic music in a very emotive and domestic direction (without ever falling into a heartland rock sound). Whether it's the raw, unhinged post-punk of their debut album and EP, the diverse genre palette of electronica, disco, balladry and noisy art punk of their 2nd album, the more polished funk and filtered psychedelia of their 3rd album or the stripped back, matured energy of the 4th album, The Rapture reinvented the wheel between each record. Many of their songs seem grounded in personal struggles and earnestly touch upon themes of love, family, and religion (hence the name, "The Rapture"). Of course, the Christian imagery might not seem instantly apparent between their manic hooks, their scrappy post punk energy or the skyhigh wails of their lead singer, Like Jenner.
I won't mince words here: Jenner's voice is high. Very much so. He is a very obviously high placed tenor with an erratic, at times psychotic delivery, performances that consistently remain in the highest reaches of his voice and few lows to speak of. His vocals aren't always the most technical and pitch perfect (blatantly so even in studio performances), but his comfort in the upper 4th/lower 5th octave means rather strong high notes galore on virtually every performance, studio or live. His delivery is often very energetic and abrasive, with hyperactive belting and yelling that blurs the line between chest, mix and head voice. Even still, he has seen a bit of an evolution as a vocalist.
Starting out with Mirror, an album that displayed an extremely limited range and nasal, piss-take delivery, Out Of The Races solidified Luke's signature vocal sound with a more clear, confident delivery laced leading a further exploration of his upper register with long streaks of B4s to C♯5s and air siren wailing well into the 5th octave. Echoes was rather similar range wise, with unhinged but strong 5th octave notes and some of the most impressive performances of his career (including an extended streak of mix-y D5s on "Love Is All" and several full sounding ascents into the upper 5th octave). Some songs also included his soft, natural sounding falsetto. Pieces Of The People We Love featured a bit of a change, retaining Luke's high placed range with cleaner, more polished performances (as well as even more harmonizing with former bandmate and mid to low placed tenor Mattie Safer). Songs such as Get Myself Into It and Don Gon Do It display further long streaks of strong singing in high tenor range. In The Grace Of Your Love was even more of a breakthrough, featuring a slightly lowered range with even more clear, precise upper 4th/lower 5th octave belting (even noticeable live) and, in leu of Mattie's vocals, self performed backing vocals that felt like much more proper displays of Luke's lower range. Since The Rapture's hiatus, Luke has cycled between vocal styles on guest performances (including a Barry Gibb esque falsetto on "Feels Real", more neutralized mid range vocals on "All My Love" and unexpectedly solid lower register singing on a cover of William Onyeabor's "Heaven and Hell") and, on his more domestic, personal record 1, performed much more limited vocals that remained soft and more middle placed throughout. Time can only tell how Luke's voice may fluctuate on any further material, but his live performances show that his upper register remains relatively consistent.
The Rapture hit close to home, literally. They took upbeat, aggressively danceable rock and electronic music in a very emotive and domestic direction (without ever falling into a heartland rock sound). Whether it's the raw, unhinged post-punk of their debut album and EP, the diverse genre palette of electronica, disco, balladry and noisy art punk of their 2nd album, the more polished funk and filtered psychedelia of their 3rd album or the stripped back, matured energy of the 4th album, The Rapture reinvented the wheel between each record. Many of their songs seem grounded in personal struggles and earnestly touch upon themes of love, family, and religion (hence the name, "The Rapture"). Of course, the Christian imagery might not seem instantly apparent between their manic hooks, their scrappy post punk energy or the skyhigh wails of their lead singer, Like Jenner.
I won't mince words here: Jenner's voice is high. Very much so. He is a very obviously high placed tenor with an erratic, at times psychotic delivery, performances that consistently remain in the highest reaches of his voice and few lows to speak of. His vocals aren't always the most technical and pitch perfect (blatantly so even in studio performances), but his comfort in the upper 4th/lower 5th octave means rather strong high notes galore on virtually every performance, studio or live. His delivery is often very energetic and abrasive, with hyperactive belting and yelling that blurs the line between chest, mix and head voice. Even still, he has seen a bit of an evolution as a vocalist.
Starting out with Mirror, an album that displayed an extremely limited range and nasal, piss-take delivery, Out Of The Races solidified Luke's signature vocal sound with a more clear, confident delivery laced leading a further exploration of his upper register with long streaks of B4s to C♯5s and air siren wailing well into the 5th octave. Echoes was rather similar range wise, with unhinged but strong 5th octave notes and some of the most impressive performances of his career (including an extended streak of mix-y D5s on "Love Is All" and several full sounding ascents into the upper 5th octave). Some songs also included his soft, natural sounding falsetto. Pieces Of The People We Love featured a bit of a change, retaining Luke's high placed range with cleaner, more polished performances (as well as even more harmonizing with former bandmate and mid to low placed tenor Mattie Safer). Songs such as Get Myself Into It and Don Gon Do It display further long streaks of strong singing in high tenor range. In The Grace Of Your Love was even more of a breakthrough, featuring a slightly lowered range with even more clear, precise upper 4th/lower 5th octave belting (even noticeable live) and, in leu of Mattie's vocals, self performed backing vocals that felt like much more proper displays of Luke's lower range. Since The Rapture's hiatus, Luke has cycled between vocal styles on guest performances (including a Barry Gibb esque falsetto on "Feels Real", more neutralized mid range vocals on "All My Love" and unexpectedly solid lower register singing on a cover of William Onyeabor's "Heaven and Hell") and, on his more domestic, personal record 1, performed much more limited vocals that remained soft and more middle placed throughout. Time can only tell how Luke's voice may fluctuate on any further material, but his live performances show that his upper register remains relatively consistent.
{Questionable Notes}
A6 ("The Jam" [5])
E♭6 ("The Coming Of Spring" [3])
C6 ("Mirror" [1])
G5 ("Frames Frames Frames" [1])
F♯5 ("Killing" [5], "Notes" [1], "Olio" (Mirror version) [1])
E5 ("Kid 606 Loves The Underground" [1], "Olio" (Mirror version) [1])
G♯2 ("Halo" [5])
...and a lot of voice cracks
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
A6 ("The Jam" [5])
E♭6 ("The Coming Of Spring" [3])
C6 ("Mirror" [1])
G5 ("Frames Frames Frames" [1])
F♯5 ("Killing" [5], "Notes" [1], "Olio" (Mirror version) [1])
E5 ("Kid 606 Loves The Underground" [1], "Olio" (Mirror version) [1])
G♯2 ("Halo" [5])
...and a lot of voice cracks
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
{Bolded Notes}
B♭5 "House of Jealous Lovers" (live at Falls Festival 2010)
F♯5 "House Of Jealous Lovers"
F5 "Feels Real", "Heaven"
D5 "Love Is All"
C♯5 "Children"
C5 "Get Myself Into It"
B4 "Alabama Sunshine", "Don Gon Do It", "It Takes Time to Be a Man", "Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks"
A4 "Heaven", "Live In Sunshine", "Silent Morning"
F3 "Live In Sunshine"
D3 "Can You Find A Way?"
B♭2 "Heaven and Hell"
B♭5 "House of Jealous Lovers" (live at Falls Festival 2010)
F♯5 "House Of Jealous Lovers"
F5 "Feels Real", "Heaven"
D5 "Love Is All"
C♯5 "Children"
C5 "Get Myself Into It"
B4 "Alabama Sunshine", "Don Gon Do It", "It Takes Time to Be a Man", "Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks"
A4 "Heaven", "Live In Sunshine", "Silent Morning"
F3 "Live In Sunshine"
D3 "Can You Find A Way?"
B♭2 "Heaven and Hell"