Duckworth grew up in
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Get Cape was signed to
Atlantic Records in March 2006, after playing many gigs, both with punk rock band Silverskin and as Get Cape. As Get Cape, Duckworth has collaborated with
Billy Bragg,
Nitin Sawhney,
Shlomo,
Killa Kela,
Baba Maal,
Flea,
Kate Nash and many others with his participation in many events for
Africa Express. Duckworth co-organised The Demolition Ball – the last night at the
London Astoria venue before it was knocked down in January 2009. He had previously headlined at the Astoria for his 21st birthday party. After 10 years, Duckworth decided to end Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly and to continue making under his own name. The "last ever" show under the Get Cape moniker was held at The Forum, Kentish Town on 12 September 2014. In May 2017, Duckworth announced that he was resurrecting the Get Cape name, with the release of the single
Optimist, and subsequently announced a new full-length album,
Young Adult, due for release in January 2018.
The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager Get Cape's debut album,
The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager, is best described as an indie/folk/electronic fusion. The album made the top 100 albums of 2006 lists of
Q and
NME. It reached number 26 on the UK Albums Chart and spawned three top 40 singles. In October 2006, he performed as part of the
BBC Electric Proms. He played at a number of major festivals in 2007, including
Oxegen,
Glastonbury,
Reading and Leeds Festivals and
SXSW, and appeared in the
BBC Radio 1 live lounge. In January 2007, Duckworth was nominated for best solo artist at the annual
NME Awards, up against
Lily Allen,
Jamie T,
Jarvis Cocker and
Thom Yorke, although he did not win. The Album is gold certified in the UK.
Searching for the Hows and Whys Get Cape's second album,
Searching for the Hows and Whys was released on 3 March 2008. It features guest vocals from
Kate Nash on the track, "Better Things". The album also features
Billy Bragg on "Interlude". "Waiting for the Monster to Drown" was released as a free download via Get Cape's official website and
MySpace on 7 December 2007. The first single released from the album was "
Find The Time" which was released on 3 March 2008, and reached number 33 on the
UK Singles Chart. The album was co produced with
Nitin Sawhney In support of this album, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly performed on The Pyramid Stage at the 2008
Glastonbury Festival Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. [Self-titled] The third and self-titled album was released on Cooking Vinyl on 13 September 2010, with the first single from the album "Collapsing Cities Feat. Shy FX" released on 9 August 2010. The album cover artwork was created by artist Jon Kipps and photographer Joe Lang.
The Mannequin The Mannequin is the first album released under the name Sam Duckworth rather than 'Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.'
Maps The fourth Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly album was released on 7 May 2012.
London Royal The fifth Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly album was released on 15 September 2014 on Alcopop! Records. This accompanied a farewell UK tour between 28 August and 12 September.
Young Adult The sixth Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly album was due to be released in January 2018 through Xtra Mile Recordings. Singles from the release include "Adults/Always", "Just A Phase", "DNA" and "VHS Forever". In March and April 2019, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly opened for
Pink Floyd's
Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets on their 27 Date North American Tour.
Production Duckworth co wrote the song "Apples" on the 4th album from
Lily Allen titled
No Shame (Lily Allen album) The song was performed at the 2018
Mercury Prize ceremony. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly produced the fourth album from
Benjamin Francis Leftwich titled "To Carry A Whale" released June 18, 2021. Sam Duckworth produced the single "Chasing Daylight" from the sophomore EP from
Noahfinnce released on May 11, 2022 on
Hopeless Records. In 2023 Sam Duckworth co wrote and produced/mixed an ep with
Afrobeat legend
Dele Sosimi for a new project entitled Dele Sosimi and the Estuary 21. The ensemble recorded a session at
Maida Vale Studios for the Jazz show with
Jamie Cullum on
BBC Radio 2 in May 2023 to celebrate its release on Wah Wah 45s. The first single - Mo Se Bo La Tan (Feat: Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly) / Ride Out The Storm was playlisted by
BBC 6 Music (B List) and
Jazz FM (UK) (A List). In 2021, Duckworth worked with Southend singer-songwriter Frances Murray and her BLAB recording project. BLAB is signed to Asylums' Cool Thing Records and has put out a number of tracks produced by Duckworth including "Eton Mess", "Gemini" and "Insurance". ==Television==