The second single ‘Sun’ also provides reference to living on the road above Trimble’s four-chord piano performance, Sam Halliday’s electro-pop guitar riff on his signature Farida and Kevin Baird’s hip-wiggling bassline, the lyrics “ The roads I knew became a city” can be heard.
Nirvana-inspired Trimble pleads into the mic – “ Oh hold, hold, hold, hold me close, I’ve never been this far from home” – possibly a reference to the amount of time Two Door spend away from their families whilst touring the world? A stark contrast is shown between the cheerful, jangling melodies of ‘Tourist History’ with Trimble crooning “ Let’s make this happen girl, we’re gonna show the world something good can work”, and the lost, lonely wanderers we see in this new track. In the summer of 2012, we saw a new single from ‘Beacon’ – the melancholy and soulful ‘Sleep Alone’. Could this show a less-poppy and optimistic side to Two Door – not the side so commonly compared to the likes of Foals and Bloc Party? Across the nations, the herds of Two Door fanatics sit anxiously chewing their nails and anticipating this possibly new sound of Two Door Cinema Club. “ Lyrically it’s more honest but at the same time it’s ambiguous.” Hmm. “’Beacon’ is deeper and more emotional,” front-man Alex Trimble reveals at Scottish festival T in the Park. On the 3 rd September 2012, loyal Two Door fans across the globe were delighted when the two doors opened and out came a new album. With self-recorded yet successful EP ‘Four Words to Stand On’ in 2009 and platinum debut album ‘Tourist History’ in 2010, the Bangor boys may have a few more surprises up the sleeves of their French designer blazers. It’s hard to imagine them as the 16-year-old musicians dubbed ‘Life Without Rory’ who came last in a County Down televised music contest. Formed in 2007, Northern Ireland’s indie-rock trio Two Door Cinema Club have had seven years good luck in the music industry, not to mention the frequent jaunts to Glastonbury and Leeds/Reading.