You know that feeling when you plan something for months and months, you expect a spectacular experience and in the end it seems just like a brief moment? This was the exact case of the Two Door Cinema Club concert at Lucerna Music Bar on the 26th of February. The ticket had been winking at me since September, my friends came to Prague for this special occasion... we were ready.
The long long queue in front of Lucerna certainly made the night seem promising, but also made us very anxious: what if it is going to be too crowded and we will not be able to enjoy it properly? As you know, Lucerna is not big at all, but it has the huge benefit of a certain cozy atmosphere. You feel it right away once you step in, disregarding the smoke and sweat, it makes you feel like you are the chosen one for whom the band is playing. Chosen or not chosen, the actual band kept us fans waiting for quite a long time, we were praying for the other bands to say the magic sentence: ”Okay, so this is our last song...” We were ready to sing, jump, dance and yet the satisfying sound of these Northern Irish musicians did not appear, the crowd was impatient.
But then the moment came and it was all like a routine for me. I knew which song they were going to start with, how the singer was going to be dressed like, the lights, the atmosphere – all was familiar and suiting. They are just one of those bands who do not surprise you with false tones or hyperactive behaviour. What had certainly changed, however, was that they had gained confidence since I had seen them last, but again, this could be just the benefit of having less fanatically staring eyes at them than at a major festival. Nevertheless, this small crowd had no intention to stand still. No, we danced through every song. Their most popular songs made some of the people go bananas - there was crowd-surfing, hitting, bouncing without stopping.
Yet as it is usually with good things, the blueish pleasing feeling created by the band, the comforting voice of the singer, the accords that make you dance no matter what disappeared eventually along with the adrenalin evoked by listening to what you love. Overall, even if it was not particularly a breath-taking, life-changing experience, it carved a hole into my heart and even though it was the third time I have seen them live, I am already looking for the fourth opportunity to “look past the blinding light...“
