Two Door Cinema Club - Ally Pally 09/02/17 (Written a year ago)
Two Door Cinema Club finished their long-awaited UK tour in London, kicking off the night with what the thousands of fans had been missing.
They began with three old favourites off their first album, Tourist History, sending fans into a temporary world of rhythmic nostalgia. Well-known classic, Undercover Martyn, set the crowd jumping whilst Trimble shouted "c'mon", asking the crowd to sing the rest, knowing they would happily.
Even the lights evoked the message of times changing to their 2013 hit, Changing of the Seasons, as the spotlight changed from blue to orange, as if Autumn was evolving. The hidden message perhaps used to introduce their new album, Gameshow, the new era of electronic and funk, compared to their once pop-indie sound.
The first Gameshow song, Bad Decisions, mirrored the album's electronic shift and was impossible to not move to. Sam Halliday, lead guitarist, radiated disco-funk riffs, reminding everyone of the sentimental 80's generation. Next to Trimble's incredibly high vocals, it was a moment not to be missed. Just imagine a Two Door collaboration with Bee Gees.
Another electrifying song, Lavender, expressed a life created in dreams on a different planet, whilst the panels on stage filled with small sparking atoms. The masses of people joined in to sing "gravity is losing it's hold", hoping Trimble wouldn't actually wake up from an imaginary world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK_0QllIZZk
The unique sound of a synthesizer over an electric guitar dominated the sound of their new single, Ordinary, sending everyone into rock mode dancing. The lyrical combination of waking up on a different universe and creating a new persona, contributed to the band's disparately new image.
Separating the middle of the show with their inner soul-disco genre, they soon returned to their "safe" album, Beacon, as the band would refer to. The spotlights tilted down during their hit, Next Year, that captured the essence of wanting to be found and be brought back into the light. They panned on the crowd as Trimble sang "maybe someday, you'll be somewhere, talking to me, as if you knew me", creating hundreds of emotional connections, as if the fans were his muse.
The band finished the way they began, pleasing the fans with their popular songs. A reminder of why the Ally Pally show was an added extra, after their tour sold out in one morning. Sun, also from their second album, was performed, and much like most of their old songs, being in love and worrying you'll lose them, is what really got the fans singing along.
They left with no goodbye, waiting off-stage for the crowd to plead for an encore.
When they re-appeared, Trimble said "OK London, I think we have a couple more left in us". They finished on an ultimate classic, What You Know, as soon as the memorable guitar rhythm began in time to the drum hits, the crowd went wild. Confetti blasted from every corner of the room and screams echoed.
It may have been 4 years since they've toured the UK, but ending the night visiting their back catalogue made them feel anything but afar.
They began with three old favourites off their first album, Tourist History, sending fans into a temporary world of rhythmic nostalgia. Well-known classic, Undercover Martyn, set the crowd jumping whilst Trimble shouted "c'mon", asking the crowd to sing the rest, knowing they would happily.
Even the lights evoked the message of times changing to their 2013 hit, Changing of the Seasons, as the spotlight changed from blue to orange, as if Autumn was evolving. The hidden message perhaps used to introduce their new album, Gameshow, the new era of electronic and funk, compared to their once pop-indie sound.
The first Gameshow song, Bad Decisions, mirrored the album's electronic shift and was impossible to not move to. Sam Halliday, lead guitarist, radiated disco-funk riffs, reminding everyone of the sentimental 80's generation. Next to Trimble's incredibly high vocals, it was a moment not to be missed. Just imagine a Two Door collaboration with Bee Gees.
Another electrifying song, Lavender, expressed a life created in dreams on a different planet, whilst the panels on stage filled with small sparking atoms. The masses of people joined in to sing "gravity is losing it's hold", hoping Trimble wouldn't actually wake up from an imaginary world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK_0QllIZZk
The unique sound of a synthesizer over an electric guitar dominated the sound of their new single, Ordinary, sending everyone into rock mode dancing. The lyrical combination of waking up on a different universe and creating a new persona, contributed to the band's disparately new image.
Separating the middle of the show with their inner soul-disco genre, they soon returned to their "safe" album, Beacon, as the band would refer to. The spotlights tilted down during their hit, Next Year, that captured the essence of wanting to be found and be brought back into the light. They panned on the crowd as Trimble sang "maybe someday, you'll be somewhere, talking to me, as if you knew me", creating hundreds of emotional connections, as if the fans were his muse.
The band finished the way they began, pleasing the fans with their popular songs. A reminder of why the Ally Pally show was an added extra, after their tour sold out in one morning. Sun, also from their second album, was performed, and much like most of their old songs, being in love and worrying you'll lose them, is what really got the fans singing along.
They left with no goodbye, waiting off-stage for the crowd to plead for an encore.
When they re-appeared, Trimble said "OK London, I think we have a couple more left in us". They finished on an ultimate classic, What You Know, as soon as the memorable guitar rhythm began in time to the drum hits, the crowd went wild. Confetti blasted from every corner of the room and screams echoed.
It may have been 4 years since they've toured the UK, but ending the night visiting their back catalogue made them feel anything but afar.
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