“On Disclosure’s breakthrough 2013 debut Settle, the U.K. duo of Howard and Guy Lawrence employed a sample of motivational speaker Eric Thomas, flipping his rhythmic speech into irresistible dance music on “When a Fire Starts to Burn.” Thomas makes a welcome return on Disclosure’s third album Energy, his words used to bring a jolt of positivity to the title track. “If you are alive, I know you ain’”
“On the follow-up to their massive 2013 hit Settle, the brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence have dialed down the BPMs significantly and turned toward slow-burning, R&B-inspired grooves. Much of Caracal is vaguely pleasant music you can put on in the background while you’re working—but is that really what we look to Disclosure for?”
“Disclosure drops a more commercial and star-studded version of their last album with Caracal.”
