Two Door Cinema Club

This is another one of those bands I didn't realize I was hearing all over the place.  Two Door Cinema Club has songs featured on Gran Truismo 5, FIFA 2011, and the MTV show "The World of Jenks".  I was also hearing their music at work all the time but never connected the dots.  

Two Door Cinema Club is an indie, electropop band from northern Ireland.  The band members are Alex Trimble (lead vocals, guitar), Sam Halliday (guitar, vocals), and Kevin Baird (bass, vocals).  In an interview for The Line of Best Fit, the guys told the story of how the name of the band came to be. "The name came from a small cinema called the Tudor cinema which Sam pronounced wrong when thinking of a band name – Tudor Cinema Club – so the spelling got changed to Two Door."  The band is signed with french label Kitsune, who in the past has signed several artists I love such as: Bloc Party, Hot Chip, Klaxons, La Roux, and Phoenix.  Tourist History was even recorded in the same studio where Phoenix recorded their amazing album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.


Tourist History is filled with upbeat guitar melodies and a little synth.  My only complaint is the album's length.  At a mere 33 minutes, I always wish there was more! The album is definitely something I bop my head around to while on the CTA. I haven't listened to a album on loop like this since I first heard Q-Tip's The Renaissance.



It's tough to pick a favorite track but after some deliberation, my favorite has to be their latest single, "What You Know".  Other great tracks from Tourist History include, "I Can Talk", "Something Good Can Work", and "Undercover Martyn"(simple, great concept, easily their best video).


Check out the video for "Undercover Martyn"

Two Door Cinema Club will be performing at Park West in Chicago on Thursday April, 7th. Tickets went on sale on the January 29th for $18. I should really get my ticket soon...



Tourist History track listing:
1. Cigarettes In The Theatre
2. Come Back Home
3. Undercover Martyn
4. Do You Want It All?
5. This Is The Life
6. Something Good Can Work
7. I Can Talk
8. What You Know
9. Eat That Up, It's Good For You
10. You're Not Stubborn

Two Door Cinema Club Official Website:

http://twodoorcinemaclub.com/ 
The Line of Best Fit interview: 
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2010/03/tlobf-interview-two-door-cinema-club-2/