Danny Boyle’s decision to hand one of the songs at the Olympics opening ceremony (Caliban’s Dream) to Two Door Cinema Club’s frontman Alex Trimble suggests that the Northern Irish trio’s time has come. In truth, while their second album is polished, thanks no doubt to U2 producer Jacknife Lee, there is nothing to distinguish Two Door Cinema Club from several other excitable indie-disco bands. Their debut, Tourist History, was endearingly odd but, Sun aside, Beacon is prosaic and frenetic, its tireless synths and fidgety guitars unable to camouflage the group’s dearth of ideas.
CD 1 [Beacon]:
01. Next Year
02. Handshake
03. Wake Up
04. Sun
05. Someday
06. Sleep Alone
07. The World Is Watching
08. Settle
09. Spring
10. Pyramid
11. Beacon
CD 2 [live at Brixton Academy]:
01. Cigarettes In The Theatre (Live At Brixton Academy)
02. Undercover Martyn (Live At Brixton Academy)
03. Do You Want It All (Live At Brixton Academy)
04. This Is The Life (Live At Brixton Academy)
05. Something Good Can Work (Live At Brixton Academy)
06. Handshake (Live At Brixton Academy)
07. Costume Party (Live At Brixton Academy)
08. You’re Not Stubborn (Live At Brixton Academy)
09. Settle (Live At Brixton Academy)
10. Eat That Up, It S Good For You (Live At Brixton Academy)
11. What You Know (Live At Brixton Academy)
12. Sleep Alone (Live At Brixton Academy)
13. Come Back Home (Live At Brixton Academy)
14. I Can Talk (Live At Brixton Academy)