Northern Irish band Two Door Cinema Club has been active for over a decade and has become one of the biggest bands to come from their area. They've done multiple tours for their own music, played in multiple festivals and have been nominated for several NME awards as well. They've also evolved artistically during their tenure, with their latest album False Alarm expanding on the dancey vibes from their previous albums.
False Alarm clocks in at 10 tracks and a little over 40 minutes which is the typical length for a Two Door Cinema Club album. But while their previous projects would be dragged down by a couple of filler tracks, there is no filler on this album which makes it the easiest album from the band to play from front to back.
This is their third album produced by Jacknife Lee and this time around the band sounds the most comfortable over his production. The band's sense of melody on this album is reminiscent of their debut almost ten years ago in terms of the catchy choruses on tracks such as Once, Talk and Dirty Air. Slower songs like Think and Break are a nice switch up from the faster paced tracks and fit very well into the album due to its sequencing.
For only the second time ever, Two Door Cinema Club utilizes guest features on their work, with Zimbabwean Afrofusion artist Mokoomba and Chicago rapper Open Mike Eagle getting featured on So Many People and Nice to See You respectively. Neither appearances are forced and fit very naturally in their songs which is a pleasant surprise given that those artists make much different music than Two Door Cinema Club.
Being able to reach out to completely different artists and still make enjoyable music with them shows that the band has matured artistically. The band's chemistry with those artists as well as with their producer also shows that they've finally found the sound that they're the most comfortable in. As a result, Two Door Cinema Club have made their best album yet.
Final score: 8/10
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