Taking cues from indie-pop darlings like Phoenix and Foals, the band soon found their sweet spot, spiking playful melodies with punchy post-punk rhythms and sing-along choruses. It just doesn't have the spark that Tourist History had, even if it's a more accomplished album overall. In 2007, they rebranded as Two Door Cinema Club (a name inspired by the local Tudor Cinema) and decided to skip university to polish up their fidgety dance-punk demos. There's nothing overtly bad about Beacon it shows that Two Door Cinema Club still have a remarkable knack for winsome melodies and harmonies set to kinetic beats. Generally well-received, the album hit the number one. The High-tempo beats, popping bass lines, and rhythm guitar found on their first album 'Tourist History' are developed into a richer and more mature sound on 'Beacon'. In 2012, Two Door Cinema Club returned with its sophomore album, the Jacknife Lee-produced Beacon. Two Door Cinema Club fare better when they stick closer to their wheelhouse of charming electro-guitar pop, which they do on the bittersweet "Sleep Alone" and the pretty title track. Two Door Cinema Club has quickly become one of my favorite bands. Songs such as "Handshake" are never less than pleasant examples of the band's bright, bouncy dance-rock, but they're not particularly distinctive on the other hand, attempts to rock harder like "Someday" aren't entirely successful either - the guitars don't just sound heavy, they sound weighed down, and the gulf between them and Alex Trimble's soothing vocals is nearly as big as the disconnect between the music and Beacon's borderline-saucy album cover. However, this polish comes at a price, and much of the nervy, scrappy energy that made Tourist History so appealing is missing from Beacon. In the first half of the podcast Alex Trimble, lead singer of the Irish indie rock trio Two Door Cinema Club, explains to Taylor Wallace how Becks. With Lee's assistance, the band made Beacon a more sophisticated-sounding set of songs: witness the clever chord changes and harmonies on "Next Year," the more prominent electronics on "Wake Up," the intriguing percussion on "Pyramid," and the big brass swells on "Sun," which make the song a knowing nod to the band's '80s influences. While that set of songs was already pretty sleek thanks to the production skills of Eliot James, the band opted to polish things further with the help of Jacknife Lee, who has worked with R.E.M., U2, Snow Patrol, and plenty of other epic-sounding artists. Two Door Cinema Club returned with Beacon after a couple of years touring in support of their debut album, Tourist History.