One of the most interesting duo’s around are back with their third album that cements them as one of the most fun and enjoyable electronic acts around. The record may not be filled with risks and sounds that don’t feel fully original, however the brothers are in a good place for nailing their headlining slot at Reading and Leeds next year.
‘Watch Your Step’ is classic Disclosure and welcomes you into the album so well! With its baseline and solid vocal delivery by Kelis, it’s a highlight on the record; I can just imagine myself having the dance moment that is sang in the song while hearing this within the smoke and lights of the clubs we all so miss.
‘Lavender’ featuring Channel Tres is a great blend of hip-hop and disco, you can hear the nods to Daft Punk on here. The quality continues in the early stages still with the energy of ‘My High’, with its garage-house beat and two amazing features with Aminie and slowthai. The choices of these two is a masterstroke as their energy (and working together before) really gets this song going so well.
‘Who Knew?’ is a lazy garage number that features Mick Jenkins, who surprisingly sounds good within a UK garage sound. Yes the spacey vibe comes along on the LP at a good time but it does end up dragging, not really really fulfilling into much. Disclosure then take us back to the early 00’s with ‘Douha (Mail Mail)’ which was an awesome summer single that consists of a great beat and a great sense of coming together. Fatoumata Diawara delivers the vocals in her native tongue and celebrates the people of Mali within the lyrics, overall a fantastic tune.
Sadly the safeness of the record leaves track ‘ Ce nest pas’ very dull and reminds you walking around the rave areas when you are tired, seeing how long the line is for the food stalls and wanting to go home for a cuppa.
‘Birthday’ see’s Kehlani and Syd take the floor very nicely in the smooth R&B song that does not match up the earlier songs, however feels pleasant amongst the tracks in the last half of the album. Energy finishes in a very underwhelming way, the song ‘Reverie’ just passes and does not leave you with any flavour on your tongue. To conclude, Disclosure offer more kick arse tracks to enjoy and show off their talents, yet we are still waiting for a complete album to match with their impressive debut album.
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