Disclosure Talks 'Caracal,' Sam Smith, Lorde Collaborations, Live Show

UK house/garage brother duo, Guy and Howard Lawrence, are gearing up for the release of their second artist album Caracal on Sept. 25. The pair has already unveiled the recording and music video for the LP's first single "Holding On" featuring the vocals of Grammy award winning Jazz musician Gregory Porter. Details are emerging about the shape and sound of the album and a new live show that will kick off with two arena concerts this fall in the United States. Disclosure shared a few more details about the live show, working with superstar singers, Lorde and Sam Smith and more in a new interview with Rolling Stone.

The pair's last collaboration with Sam Smith, "Latch" was a pivotal moment in their current stardom. They made another track together for the album after hanging out for three whole days in London writing and recording. It is described as possibly the happiest track either artist has made.

Another major highlight on the album is the new work that was very recently recorded with Lorde. Howard describes the track as "the most equal collaboration on the record," emphasizing "you can really hear her sound - she has this sassy yet vulnerable thing."

They have worked a lot in person with their vocal guests and frequent co-writer Jimmy Napes, who was featured on Settle.

"The songwriting is the most important thing for us," Howard says. "I feel a lot of dance acts lack the cohesiveness that we can get."

They attack others in "Jaded" who are faking it until they make it with ghostwriters and producers, though do not call out anybody by name.

"You meet more and more producers and you find out, "You're not really a producer, are you? You're just a monster A&R who puts his name on the record,'" Guy says. "It's weird."

The upcoming tour will feature their most ambitious production yet. "We've completely rearranged and reinvented everything," says Guy. Every song played will get its own custom visuals and video screens will move during the entire performance so where they were at the beginning of the show is not necessarily the same position where they will finish.

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Disclosure, Sam Smith, Lorde