Disclosure unveil brand new track, ‘Apollo’

After that whole kerfuffle over whether their most recent video glamourised drug use or not, Disclosure have wiped the slate clean with their first bit of new music in a while.

No doubt the Lawrence brothers have their thoughts fixed on this Wednesday’s Mercury Music Prize, where they’re in with a very decent chance of being the first out-and-out dance act to win the award since Roni Size in 1997. It’s hard to say whether non-Settle track ‘Apollo’ is a last-minute bit of lobbying or an attempt to draw attention away from all the awards hubbub, but either way, it’s here.

Despite its title, ‘Apollo’ isn’t a nod back to the woozy ambient techno peddled by the R&S imprint of the same name throughout the 1990s. Rather, it’s a brisk house track, somewhat greyscale compared to Settle‘s full-colour charms. Click below to listen; alternatively, peep our full (and not exactly deferential) analysis of the Mercury shortlist.