Two Door Cinema Club’s first album, Tourist History, came out of no where to me. A young peppy indie-electro-dance group that mysteriously looks like Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, and Ron Weasely started a band, they came out with an excellent debut album. With hits like “Something Good Can Work” and “What You Know”, their CD was constantly in m
y car during last summer.
This new album, Beacon, is a more polished version of their first album. You can definitely hear that they are doing what they know best, and that is to write catchy and ear-pleasing riffs and songs. It is too bad that this album did not hit early in the summer, because it is a definitely a summer-time album. The beauty of Two Door Cinema Club is their up beat music. Any song on the album could be a single, so it is difficult to say “Listen to _____”. You could start anywhere on the album and you would be hit with a song that makes you tap your feet to the beat.
Beacon is not anything revolutionary, but it is a great album in many ways. The songs are catchy and constantly upbeat, and lyrics that get stuck in your head (In a good way) are just a few reasons to pick up their sophomore album.
If you weren’t a fan of the first album, this new album won’t persuade you. However, if you loved their first album like I did, this new album is definitely something you should pick up and give a listen!
-Carl Willkom
