Two Door Cinema Club are a Northern Irish indie band from Bangor and Donaghadee, County Down, consisting of Alex Trimble, Kevin Baird, and Sam Halliday. Formed in 2007, the band released their debut album, ‘Tourist History’, in 2010, which won the Choice Music Prize for the. The French-based record company funded the release of a further single, I Can Talk, which helped the band reach an even wider audience. By the end of 2009, Two Door Cinema Club had increased their fan base and been included on the BBC's prestigious Sound of 2010 shortlist. The band then got to work on their debut album with Eliot James, a renowned producer who had previously masterminded hugely successful records for both Bloc Party and Noah and the Whale. Called Tourist History, the album was released in March 2010 and was pre-empted by the single, Undercover Martyn.

Praised for its catchy tunes, innovative lyrics, energetic melodies, pulsing rhythms and inventive use of synth and beats, the album was a perfect example of Two Door Cinema Club's electronically enhanced guitar driven sound. The album's tracks dealt predominantly with the theme of love and the band's journey from school leavers to signed recording artists.Īided by appearances on a range of high profile television shows in America, the band's debut album immediately captured a loyal fan following in the US in addition to a place on the iTunes top 40 download chart. Two door cinema club tour dates download# Two door cinema club tour dates download#įurther enhancing their reputation as an energetic live act, Two Door Cinema Club made a number of festival appearances, including Reading and Leeds, iTunes and T in the Park, throughout 2010.

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