brothers. Guy Lawrence born 1991, Howard Lawrence born 1994, from reigate in surrey. they made Settle in the loft above their father's auction house.

"Latch" with Sam Smith came out in october 2012 and got to eleven in the uk. it took another two years to reach number seven in america, and it is now past 1.5 billion plays. Settle went straight to number one in 2013 and took a mercury nomination.

ten grammy nominations since, including record of the year for "Talk" in 2020. they have never won one. in february they lost best dance recording for "No Cap" with Anderson .Paak.

Creating something with Andy has been a long time coming. We first met at our show at Forrest Hills in NYC back in 2015 and have been fans of his for even longer.

the duo, dj mag, 7 august 2025

the more interesting story is what they did after leaving the majors. Alchemy in 2023 was the first record made outside that system, and they did not play live at all between 2016 and headlining primavera in 2024. everything since follows from ending that gap.

they did three nights at mission ballroom in denver this april, and creamfields on 28 august is billed as their only uk festival appearance of the year.