"Sleep Alone" was released as the lead single from Beacon on 20 July 2012. The album's second single, " Sun", was released on 16 November 2012. "Next Year" was released as the album's third single on 15 February 2013, followed by "Handshake" on. The album was reissued on 28 October 2013 including the song " Changing of the Seasons", which was released as the lead single from the EP of the same name. What We See įrom 24 August to 10 September 2012, the band released a four-part documentary titled What We See, which depicts their European summer tour prior to the release of Beacon. In relation to touring, lead singer Trimble explained, "The past few years have sort have been not necessarily a struggle, but a learning curve. These are just a few things I noticed while watching it last. A split personality that manages to actually get a suicide response team outside their door, then jet off with another spilt personality, has to be a record as spilt personalities go. So it's learning to be in touch with the people you leave behind and learning to just deal with the ridiculousness of it all." The documentary was filmed by Gregg Houston (Babysweet Sessions), a friend of the band. Also, Marla had paramedics outside her door.
BEACON TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB TABS PROFESSIONALĬritical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scoresīeacon received generally positive reviews from music critics.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 62, based on 18 reviews. Katherine Rodgers of NME stated the album "blitzes in on a flurry of discordant, M83-style synth-fuzz, and while it doesn't stray far from their trademark tinkly guitar lines and infectious choruses, it's laced with New Order-ish disco trimmings." Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly commented the album "tempers its galloping pop gait with frontman Alex Trimble's Ben Gibbard-y confessionals.