The Doors of Perfection

So I'm at Belsonic of a Thursday evening and Two Door Cinema Club are the current feature. They've been grinding out the miles across America , Europe and the Far East, priming the college balls , elating Glastonbury and collecting many festival points. Not to mention those 130 000 pals on Facebook. Now they're in Custom House Square and they may even know just how many miles it is to Donaghadee. Welcome home, fellas.

And have they changed? Well, Kevin is hoisting his bass guitar into a number of heroic poses. The live drums are now a regular accessory - causing some of the dance stalwarts to decree that their tidy electro model has been compromised. Oh well, several thousand young aficionados are clapping and barking out the words. "To the basement people!" they bleat with gusto.

With a casual grace, they throw 'Something Good Can Work' into the middle of their show. It's an exceptional song that meets with tonight's giddy atmosphere (rampant scenes with Major Lazer, 2 Many DJs in a royally eclectic mood). And there are times when Alex looks properly joyous, rather than abstracted and out there. Mind you, there's no telling how it must feel at the centre of all that propulsion and clamour and cool.

Photo by Paul McClade