Artists who prioritise quality and originality over commercial appeal are hard to find. Rest assured that Two Door Cinema Club continue to firmly tick the box. The hugely anticipated return of the Irish trio finally arrived this week with the release of their third album Gameshow, and every minute we had to wait for it has been worthwhile.

2010 debut album Tourist History was a catalogue of sure-fire indie-rock hits, never straying far from the path of easy listening, but two years later, second album Beacon was criticised for following too closely behind it. The same could not be said of the latest offering: Gameshow is an edgy patchwork of disco influences, impressive falsetto and retro synthesisers, all ingeniously worked into the original Two Door sound. During their two-year hiatus, Two Door Cinema Club did more than just resolve their personal differences: they completely reinvented their style.

‘Ordinary’ and lead single ‘Are We Ready?’ are most reminiscent of the early works, giving a nod to ‘Next Year’ and ‘I Can Talk’ respectively, and reminding the listener that they haven’t completely abandoned their roots. But second single ‘Bad Decisions’ steers away from the expected. Front man Alex Trimble’s impressive falsetto is showcased for the first time against a backdrop of retro flair. That Prince and Bowie are of huge inspiration to him is obvious; but alongside ‘Fever’ and ‘Je Viens De La’, Gameshow even has vibes of Earth, Wind & Fire and the Scissor Sisters too. This new sophisticated sound is unlikely to generate the numbers of teenage fans that the first two albums did, but it gives them credibility as a band who mean serious business.

The neo-groove vibe continues through ‘Surgery’ and ‘Good Morning’, but title track ‘Gameshow’ and modern rock ballad ‘Invincible’ show how Two Doors have further mastered all levels of the alternative spectrum. The former shows that the festival favourites can write heavier songs with serious attitude, and the latter combines a Herculean guitar solo and lyrics of lost love which wouldn’t sound out of place coming from The 1975 to create a stadium-sized anthem. In theory, putting so many different styles onto one record is a recipe for disjunction, but naturally Two Doors have met the task with near perfection.

Yet the broad range of genres encompassed in Gameshow is no smokescreen for lazy lyricism and futile love songs. Trimble has been refreshingly open about his discomfort about the modern dependency on social media and technology, and this third album predominantly explores his feelings of being lost in the current world, as well as attacking the consumerist culture of ‘generation information’.

‘Lavender’ is the only track which falls below standard: coming uncomfortably close to the world of pop music, this is the only time in the album that an alternative fan will be ‘bored’; however, one mediocre track is a happy compromise for the quality of the songwriting on the rest of the album.

There’s a reason why the NME stage was full to bursting when Two Doors headlined it at Reading & Leeds this year, despite their clash with the Red Hot Chili Peppers; it’s the same reason why the original 11 dates of their UK tour sold out within 12 hours, before Gameshow was even released, and why the fans never lost patience in the endless wait for this album. Two Door Cinema Club make feel-good music which makes you want to dance, and despite a completely reworked sound, Gameshow is no different