Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

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Born 30 January 1986.

Sam Duckworth performing on stage Carey Brandon / Redferns

Biography

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the stage name of English artist Sam Duckworth and his band. He is sometimes referred to as Get Cape, Cape, GCWCF and Slam Dunkworth (the latter title apparently first coined by Emmy The Great). According to Duckworth, his stage name comes from a ZX Spectrum magazine. One of the sections of the solution to the Batman computer game contained the header "Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly".

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  1. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. 2010

    Review of Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.

    Reviewed by Sarah Bee

    Effervescent hints of Madchester here and there, and whiffs of early Blur.

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