Live Review: Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines

It's all the squealing, bouncing girls that make the penny drop. This is an all ages gig. Wow, haven't been to one of those for years. But it's apt that it should be so. The Vaccines are the perfect band to love when you are 16 – all foppish hair, high cheekbones and, oh yes, the music. Like The Strokes did perfectly more than ten years ago, they capture that particular, and fleeting, teenage combination of excitement, heartbreak, hopelessness, awkwardness and chaotic joy all rolled into two-minute garage pop tunes. It's pure and thrilling, and it's no wonder the girls are so bouncy and squeaky. The Vaccines make you feel like you're 17 again.

The release of their second album Come Of Age, has given the band much more to work with. The opening track from that record, No Hope is cynical and defeated (“I don't really care about anybody else when I haven't got my own life figured out”) but more melodic and much longer (four whole minutes!) than anything on their first album. In contrast, Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra) from their debut record is one minute of hectic awesomeness. Similarly, Wetsuit inspires a hyped-up clap-along, and the crowd knows all the words to Post Break Up Sex. All In White segues into the brilliant If You Wanna, which amps the energy up to 11. The Vaccines have that London '76 or Manchester '81 vibe. They feel important.

After 15 minutes spent trapped in the frankly freaky underground bunker bar, we emerge to Northern Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club playing the lead single from their latest record Beacon, Sleep Alone. It feels dramatically ostentatious after the straight-up Vaccines sound but they quickly weave their own brand of charm with the gently lovely Do You Want It All, from Tourist History.

Bodies throb to the beautiful synth-infused rhythms of Wake Up and You're Not Stubborn. The crowd bugs out to What You Know, then the tempo slows down for Costume Party and The World Is Watching. Something Good Can Work is a high point, and they finish on Eat That Up, It's Good For You, before returning to play Someday, Come Back Home and What You Know, all with the added drama of giant white balloons floating around the enormous airspace of Festival Hall.

Like The Vaccines, Two Door Cinema Club have released just two albums but they have explored more complicated sonic territory. They rock impressive, almost math rock guitar lines and Alex Trimble's voice can be soaring and versatile when he wants it to be. It's a massive sound, perfect for a festival. They should be amazing at Falls.