Having just cracked the Top 3 on the Irish Albums Chart at the first week of asking with new album Caracal, Disclosure open up in the current issue of Hot Press.
Talking about how eager they are to get back to Irish shores, how much they appreciate their swift ascent to stardom and more, Howard Lawrence also gives the skinny on some of the big name artists he and his brother Guy have worked with to date.
Lawrence says, behind the mystique, Abel Tesfaye aka The Weekend is a lovely bloke.
“We’d only met him once but were huge fans. It turned out he was a fan of us too so it all worked out. He’s a lovely individual, definitely with an aura. If you saw him walking down the street, you’d think ‘hey, that Howard must be famous’.
“He has a presence – as do Sam Smith and Miguel. Me and my brother, on the other hand, have no aura at all. It has pros and cons. We can walk around London relatively untroubled. If Sam wants to go out he needs to bring security.
Of all the studio hook-ups, their collaboration with Lorde was the most memorable, says Howard. She was hand-on to a degree neither of the brothers had experienced previously. Turns out that when you’re collaborating with Lorde it really is a two way street. She isn’t just there to add angsty coos all over your song.
“We knew she had strong opinions about how she wanted things to go. We were surprised by the degree to which she got stuck into it. Weeks afterwards we were getting emails from her – could you do this or that to tweak the song. It was pretty full on.”
For the full interview, pick up the new issue from newsagents now or order online direct from hotpress.com.

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