Disclosure - Settle

[Danny Boy]

25/09

Apparently a caracal is an actual cat. Never heard of it.

 

[cobl04]

SBTRKT is very upset with them. He says they stole his mask and cat ideas.

 

[Danny Boy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB63ztKnGvo

 

[cobl04]

So what's everyone's thoughts on this? I think it starts tremendously well, Nocturnal, Omen and Holding On are all absolute bangers and Willing & Able has a skeezy vibe I'm a big fan of. Unfortunately I think a lot of the rest is pretty generic or bland or boring. Echoes is a good example of my issue with the album - it's got all these nice touches that sound great but it's really just a by-numbers version of everything that was on Settle.

Apollo is better than nearly everything here.

 

[iron yuppie]

Apollo is their best song IMO. But this album is nice: when it's playing, it really digs into you, but then when it's done I can't really remember any of it. Not sure why that is.

 

[cobl04]

I can concur with that. That didn't happen to me with Settle. I'd get all the songs stuck in my head all the time.

 

[cobl04]

This is my fav Disclosure song.

 

[nielsgov]

As I've mentioned in RMT I like it more than Settle. The latter has higher peaks but the former is a lot more consistent. Jaded is fantastic.

 

[nielsgov]

This is my fav Disclosure song.

This is a weird choice BTW. It doesn't highlight Disclosure's strengths at all.

The best thing Disclosure has done is still the bass line in When A Fire Starts To Burn.