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8.3
45764
8.3 |
Paste Magazine
If you haven’t already fallen for TDCC’s dance-ready, bright-voiced Irishmen, you won’t find love here
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8.0
45642
8.0 |
NME
Undoubtedly a more sophisticated album than Tourist History, even if, in places, it feels thematically confused
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8.0
45653
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Much of Beacon is undeniably Two Door Cinema Club; at other points, it sounds like it was made by a different band. No matter what way you look at it, it’s progress
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8.0
45473
8.0 |
BBC
It’s the mark of a band who know their sound, have a newfound confidence, and are well-equipped to do some serious damage to the chart this time around
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8.0
45676
8.0 |
The Scotsman
One of the most potent purveyors of blissful pop for grown-ups in the country
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8.0
45691
8.0 |
Evening Standard
As breakthrough albums go, Beacon could hardly be more obvious
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8.0
45851
8.0 |
The Fly
This is an album that’ll fill arenas all over the world
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7.0
45863
7.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
A more even, consistent and cohesive LP than 'Tourist History', even if it does not reach the same individual heights
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7.0
45474
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
When they slip into the TDCC format, they do so with a self-assurance that was sometimes missing from their debut, an assurance that this is now their sound and not one cribbed from their various influences
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6.2
45769
6.2 |
Beats Per Minute
Beacon has moments that positively reek of an instinctual love for music; it’s catchy, fun, and sometimes thoughtful, even if it never bowls you over
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6.0
45799
6.0 |
Q
A frustratingly ordinary second showing. Print edition only
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6.0
45658
6.0 |
The Guardian
Beacon combines uplifting electro pop with introspective, melancholy undercurrents
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6.0
45596
6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Though the in-your-face dance music can overpower the emotional lyrics at times, the combination creates an oddly harmonious balance. The end result is a fun, punchy batch of 11 crisp tracks
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6.0
46173
6.0 |
All Music
It just doesn't have the spark that Tourist History had, even if it's a more accomplished album overall
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5.8
45476
5.8 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Upbeat and calculated as ever, Beacon is a perky collection of short pop songs that explore the tension between optimism and anxiety
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5.0
45828
5.0 |
musicOMH
For all its strengths, it's ultimately a rather dissatisfying listen. With only one true standout track, a handful of fillers, and little innovation or progress, it reeks of diminishing returns from start to finish
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4.0
45761
4.0 |
State
Nice enough, Beacon ultimately fails to offer any new insights into Two Door Cinema Club. An opportunity wasted
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4.0
45810
4.0 |
Mojo
There's a 'play-it-safe' mentality to the whole album. Print edition only
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4.0
45475
4.0 |
God Is In The TV
Has waded deeper into that pop ocean to trawl the benefits – as it no doubt will. It’s rubbish!
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4.0
45699
4.0 |
The Observer
Prosaic and frenetic, its tireless synths and fidgety guitars unable to camouflage the group's dearth of ideas
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2.0
45752
2.0 |
No Ripcord
Mostly everything is contrived and cliché, lifted from a stock collection of guitar rock and electro rock of the past ten years
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