Earlier this year, during a
long conversation about music with a good friend he brings up Irish import Two Door Cinema Club as one of his
“indie rock-ish” favorites and at the time I had only really listened to one
track they preformed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon “What You Know” which I immediately downloaded but being it was sort of late
there wasn’t much time to research them. The track stayed in my new finds
playlist that month and some time later made its way to other playlist. Since
there wasn’t anything else by them in my library I figured it was just some
random track I liked and nothing else. After hearing about them again, I looked
them up and was hooked on their 2010 freshman album “Tourist History” (maybe I’ll write about this album later).
The Two Door Cinema Club’s
sophomore album “Beacon”
dropped this week and it has definitely solidified my love for them. Click here to listen to the whole album. The guitar band trio returns with a
sleekly-sophisticated and energetically-upbeat album that still holds some of
the melancholic love lyrics familiar to their fans. Perhaps that’s why this amazing
album has not stopped blasting through my speakers/headphones all week.
No track exemplifies this
more than the first single “Sleep Alone” introduced last month on their website and YouTube. Hauntings by
ghosts-of-failed-lovers-past is the topic lead vocalist Alex Trimble sings of… “He sleeps alone; He needs no army where
he's headed; 'Cause he knows; That they're just ghosts; And they can't hurt him
if he can't see them, oh; And I don't know if in the morning I will be here;
And if so; Let it be known; That I was worthy, I was worthy, I was worthy, I
was.” It is undoubtedly to become a gay boy’s summertime breakup anthem
with the androgynous lyrics especially when preformed by a male signer.
The danceable “Someday” is a
pessimistic beginning love song that boldly asks “Where do we start; If we will end apart?; Where do we go from here?;
It's head versus heart; It will all be clear; Someday.”
“Settle”, “Sun” and “Next Year” are
refreshing takes on the expected sophomore-album-angst that comes from being on
the road touring for the first album – and that of long-distance relationships.
“The World Is Watching (with Valentina)” best expresses this distant yearning declaring, “I wont forget the things you said; That's
dancing and singing inside my head; You've always known you're not alone; I
want you with me.” And it is “Spring” that gives
validation to short periods spent together stating,“If
I follow you then; I will need you closer; One more day is not enough; I don't
mind; If all this time; Is all that we had to spend; Everyone carelessly
pretend.”
The Beacon (Deluxe Version) includes 14 additional tracks recorded “Live at Brixton
Academy” on 25 February 2012 (according to the bands wiki page) making it a great introduction piece to the bands body of work. This
is definitely one album that will have multiple tracks moving on to my “Best of
Alternative” playlist.
Here is some more on Two
Door Cinema Club
Band's Official Website: http://twodoorcinemaclub.com
Follow them on Twitter:
Alex on Tumblr: http://alexjamestrimble.tumblr.com
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| Two Door Cinema Club (L-R): Sam Halliday, Alex Trimble, & Kevin Baird. |
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| Two Door Cinema Club appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon |
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| Artwork for Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon |
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| Artwork for Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History |
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