This song has a very, very familiar bassline but I just can’t place where it’s from. The track ends abruptly and in comes âBeaconâÂ, the titular song of the album. In âPyramidâ the band really returns to form, this song is slightly heavier and that little bit more dancier, it’s a track I can imagine listening to on the bus on the way to the pub to get me in the mood. ÂSettleâ is laid back and catchy, contrasting with the bouncy bassline of âSpringâÂ, which is a song evoking early summer days. This comes completely out of the blue, but it’s forgiveable as Belfast is just a great song. Towards the end of the song there is an element that sounds a lot like Belfast by Orbital. This is probably the stand out track of the album for me as it is so different yet just works so well. âThe World is Watchingâ brings in the lovely vocals of Valentina Pappalardo and links synths with violins to create a really pleasant pop song. It is clear to see why this is the first release.Īnd then comes something completely different. It raises a smile as the lead singer implores you to âhold him closeâÂ. This is another upbeat one and manages to still sound like Two Door Cinema Club without sounding as though you’ve heard it before. Next comes âSleep AloneâÂ, which is the first single to be released from the album. It’s happy, dance-y indie rock, the sort of thing I’ve come to expect from the band. This was very popular when it was played live at Bestival and I strongly suspect it will be released as a single. ÂSomedayâ would not look out of place on Tourist History and yet does not suffer from familiarity, instead assuring the listener that they are listening to the same band. The usage of trumpets really adds something to this track and means it does not slip away behind the less quiet songs. âSunâ is a return to the more laidback this is very much a departure from the sound we’ve come to expect. However, there just seems to be something missing. TDCC really like their guitar pedals and they’re used to good effect in this one. ÂWake Upâ is a far more up-beat offering and gets your toe tapping. Mind you, this warrants more of a nodding of the head than an outright bounce up and down. Despite never having done a song that could be described as a âballadâ before, this works fairly well, and the beat which drove the dance-ability of the last album is still there. A little more along the lines of previous TDCC is âHandshakeâÂ, a song which is almost balladic in its nature. There is a brief return to general TDCC style but it is, as I say, more mature. This first song actually comes as a bit of a surprise, Tourist History was filled with ringing guitars and basslines, whereas Next Year is synthy and drum-lead. I heard a few songs when I saw them at Bestival last week but I thought better to pass judgement without having heard the whole album.īeacon begins with an electronic beat bringing us into âNext Yearâ and introduces a more mature, stripped back theme that continues throughout the album. Therefore I was interested to listen to their newly released second album, Beacon. Hindsight, eh? Since then I’ve seen them three times and their debut album, Tourist History is one of my all-time favourite albums. They hadn’t even had an album out at this point and because I hadn’t heard of them I didn’t go to see them. I first heard of Two Door Cinema Club back in 2009 when somebody I was at Glastonbury with suggested that I go to see them.