We’d been writing about them for a while on There Goes the Fear and my cup runneth over with the prospect of seeing them live.įour years later, I sometimes think it is insane that those three boys from Northern Ireland, so pleased to meet me and recognize me from my business card, are now huge stars with fans all over the world. I met the lads in April 2010, upon their first visit to Washington they opened for Phoenix, their American labelmates on Glassnote Records. The reason for the cancellation is less important for the purpose of this analysis, though it struck me as intensely personal: singer/guitarist Alex Trimble collapsed on their way to the airport and needed immediate medical attention for “a chronic stomach complaint”. I gave more serious thought to my father when my friends Two Door Cinema Club had to cancel their headline set at Latitude 2 weekends ago and a later planned appearance in Splendour in the Grass in Australia this past weekend.
Maybe that’s where my editing experience began? I know these things, because even at a young age, with English as his second language, he’d ask me to review his slides and notes, making sure he was grammatically correct. I know a lot of this was unavoidable: he often had to go out into the field for one or another of his many expeditions, or he’d be called away to a foreign land for a scientific meeting or conference. My father was a scientist and he was away a lot when I was a child. Words by: going to guess Alex Trimble, as I’ve never asked them who in their band writes the lyrics
They have also been confirmed to play this year's BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend alongside Olly Murs, which will be held in Derry in May.Where to find it: ‘Beacon’ (2012, Kitsune, Glassnote ) The band will then choose a local hero in each city, who will win a pair of tickets to their show. The band have asked fans to send in stories and to nominate friends or other people who have done something special in their community. The group are currently touring the UK, where they have launched their Local Heroes campaign, which gives fans backstage access. But I still think it's a great piece of art."īeacon reached number two in the UK album chart on its release, and peaked at 17 on the US Billboard 200. "When I look at it now, I can understand where people are coming from being upset. However, the singer has admitted that he can understand why some took offence to the album cover. "The sleeve is meant to be sexy, not sexist." Singer Alex Trimble said: "Guy's photographs were an inspiration to us when making the album, and it never occurred to us that our tribute would cause any offence. The Northern Irish trio have spoken out about the controversy and explained that they were paying homage to French photographer Guy Bourdin with the cover. The cover caused controversy for depicting a near-naked woman hanging from a ceiling when it was released in August last year.
The group have insisted that the cover is "sexy" rather than "sexist", the Daily Star reports. Two Door Cinema Club have admitted they were horrified at the offence caused by their Beacon album cover.
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