After crashing back to Earth with the underwhelming Caracal, Disclosure have quietly recaptured the form that made Settle one of this decade’s most impressive debut albums. The Lawrence brothers released a new single every day last week, each one a love letter to an artist or genre that’s inspired them. There aren’t any glossy cameos from pop stars; Sam Smith isn’t waiting in the wings, ready to belt over a 2-step beat. With elegant chopping and flipping, Disclosure reach across decades and cultures—from 1980s pop to vocal jazz and Sudanese funk—and place their favorite hidden gems in sleek, club-ready contexts. “Moonlight” was the first song unveiled, and it might be the best of the bunch. Built around a sample of “When I Fall in Love,” as performed by the Swedish a cappella vets the Real Group, it offers unaltered taste of their harmony before their voices are sliced, diced, and positioned among strobing chords and a gurgling bass line. Source material that’s lovely but sterile is imbued with urgency and momentum thanks to some graceful vocal editing, and hearing that signature Disclosure “drop”—it’s more like a hiccup, a clearing of the throat before hitting the floor—feels like greeting an old friend you haven’t seen in a while. Like the rest of the duo’s new material, this is music that’s animated by the joy of discovery and creation, and Disclosure seem revitalized by that fundamental pleasure.
After crashing back to Earth with the underwhelming Caracal, Disclosure have quietly recaptured the form that made Settle one of this decade’s most impressive debut albums. The Lawrence brothers released a new single every day last week, each one a love letter to an artist or genre that’s inspired them. There aren’t any glossy cameos from pop stars; Sam Smith isn’t waiting in the wings, ready to belt over a 2-step beat. With elegant chopping and flipping, Disclosure reach across decades and cultures—from 1980s pop to vocal jazz and Sudanese funk—and place their favorite hidden gems in sleek, club-ready contexts.
ResponderEliminar“Moonlight” was the first song unveiled, and it might be the best of the bunch. Built around a sample of “When I Fall in Love,” as performed by the Swedish a cappella vets the Real Group, it offers unaltered taste of their harmony before their voices are sliced, diced, and positioned among strobing chords and a gurgling bass line. Source material that’s lovely but sterile is imbued with urgency and momentum thanks to some graceful vocal editing, and hearing that signature Disclosure “drop”—it’s more like a hiccup, a clearing of the throat before hitting the floor—feels like greeting an old friend you haven’t seen in a while. Like the rest of the duo’s new material, this is music that’s animated by the joy of discovery and creation, and Disclosure seem revitalized by that fundamental pleasure.