
Disclosure are set to drop a surprise album tomorrow
Disclosure announce the follow-up to their 2020 album, ENERGY.
On the tenth anniversary of their seminal debut album Settle and for their imminent fourth studio album, Disclosure have taken things back to basics. Not only have they decided to surprise drop it tomorrow, Alchemy has no guest features and no samples. They’re releasing it independently, and they don’t intend to tour it straight away.
“This record is a celebration of us feeling liberated right now,” says Guy. “We’re no longer signed to a major record label. We’re not going to tour this record. We can do whatever we like and be super creative.”
Alchemy was written while the British duo were at two very different points in their lives. On one hand, Guy was recently married and settling into a new home in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. On the other, Howard was reeling from heartbreak and exhausted from a 150-date tour.
“There was this combination of deep heartbreak and sadness, but also deep admiration and appreciation,” Howard says. “Let’s turn this horrible feeling into something beautiful. The whole idea was to channel pain into beauty – which, in hindsight, is always the aim.”
Tracklist:
- Looking For Love
- Simply Won’t Do
- Higher Than Ever Before
- A Little Bit
- Go The Distance
- Someday…
- We Were In Love
- Sun Showers
- Purify
- Brown Eyes
- Talk On The Phone
Alchemy is released on 14 July on Apollo Records via AWAL Recordings.
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