Two Door Cinema Club
Mixing guitar-driven, post-punk hooks with dancey, electronic polish, Northern Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club first gained attention with 2010's Tourist History and singles like "Something Good Can Work" and "Undercover Martyn." The album hit number one on the Irish independent albums chart, and landed on the BBC Sound of 2010 Poll. Along the way, they earned favorable comparisons to Phoenix and the Postal Service. They continued to evolve, landing in the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 with 2012's Beacon, and experimenting with Giorgio Moroder-esque disco and synth pop on 2016's Gameshow. Hailing from Bangor and Donaghadee, Northern Ireland, Two Door Cinema Club features singer/guitarist/programmer Alex Trimble, guitarist/singer Sam Halliday, and bassist/singer Kevin Baird. Trimble and Halliday met in school, and then hooked up with Baird through mutual friends. The trio began playing as Two Door Cinema Club in 2007 and skipped going to university to focus on the band. Fortunately, the gamble paid off -- the band's debut EP, Four Words to Stand On, was released in January 2009 by the hip French label Kitsuné to positive reviews and music blog buzz, which grew with the release of April's single "Something Good Can Work." That summer, Two Door Cinema Club recorded their debut album in London's Eastcote Studios with Eliot James, which they mixed with producer Philippe Zdar in Paris that fall. The group's remixes of Phoenix's "Lasso" and Chew Lips' "Salt Air" also appeared that year, and by the end of 2009, they were among the acts featured in the BBC Sound of 2010 Poll. Another single, "Undercover Martyn," arrived in January 2010, shortly before the band's first full-length, Tourist History, was released. A number one-charting independent album in Ireland, it also hit the Top 30 on the indie album charts in England, Scotland, and the United States. Certified platinum, it also took home the Choice Music Prize for the 2010 Irish Album of the Year. In 2012, Two Door Cinema Club returned with their sophomore album, the Jacknife Lee-produced Beacon. Generally well received, the album hit the number one spot on the Irish album charts, and number two in the United Kingdom. It featured the singles "Sleep Alone" and "Sun," and preceded a short documentary about the band entitled What We See, which followed the trio on tour during the summer of 2012. It was four years before the band's third effort materialized. Arriving in summer 2016, Gameshow found Two Door Cinema Club embracing an '80s disco and synth pop-influenced sound, and included the singles "Are We Ready? (Wreck)" and "Bad Decisions." In support of the album, the band undertook a string of high-profile festival appearances, including Glastonbury. The album hit number five on the U.K. album chart, and reached number eight on the Billboard Top Alternative Albums Chart. "Talk," the first single from their fourth album, False Alarm, appeared in early 2019. It was followed by "Satellite" a month later, and the LP was released in June. A year later, the band revisited their early days with the archival rarities collection, Lost Songs (Found).© Heather Phares /TiVo Read more
Mixing guitar-driven, post-punk hooks with dancey, electronic polish, Northern Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club first gained attention with 2010's Tourist History and singles like "Something Good Can Work" and "Undercover Martyn." The album hit number one on the Irish independent albums chart, and landed on the BBC Sound of 2010 Poll. Along the way, they earned favorable comparisons to Phoenix and the Postal Service. They continued to evolve, landing in the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 with 2012's Beacon, and experimenting with Giorgio Moroder-esque disco and synth pop on 2016's Gameshow.
Hailing from Bangor and Donaghadee, Northern Ireland, Two Door Cinema Club features singer/guitarist/programmer Alex Trimble, guitarist/singer Sam Halliday, and bassist/singer Kevin Baird. Trimble and Halliday met in school, and then hooked up with Baird through mutual friends. The trio began playing as Two Door Cinema Club in 2007 and skipped going to university to focus on the band. Fortunately, the gamble paid off -- the band's debut EP, Four Words to Stand On, was released in January 2009 by the hip French label Kitsuné to positive reviews and music blog buzz, which grew with the release of April's single "Something Good Can Work."
That summer, Two Door Cinema Club recorded their debut album in London's Eastcote Studios with Eliot James, which they mixed with producer Philippe Zdar in Paris that fall. The group's remixes of Phoenix's "Lasso" and Chew Lips' "Salt Air" also appeared that year, and by the end of 2009, they were among the acts featured in the BBC Sound of 2010 Poll. Another single, "Undercover Martyn," arrived in January 2010, shortly before the band's first full-length, Tourist History, was released. A number one-charting independent album in Ireland, it also hit the Top 30 on the indie album charts in England, Scotland, and the United States. Certified platinum, it also took home the Choice Music Prize for the 2010 Irish Album of the Year.
In 2012, Two Door Cinema Club returned with their sophomore album, the Jacknife Lee-produced Beacon. Generally well received, the album hit the number one spot on the Irish album charts, and number two in the United Kingdom. It featured the singles "Sleep Alone" and "Sun," and preceded a short documentary about the band entitled What We See, which followed the trio on tour during the summer of 2012.
It was four years before the band's third effort materialized. Arriving in summer 2016, Gameshow found Two Door Cinema Club embracing an '80s disco and synth pop-influenced sound, and included the singles "Are We Ready? (Wreck)" and "Bad Decisions." In support of the album, the band undertook a string of high-profile festival appearances, including Glastonbury. The album hit number five on the U.K. album chart, and reached number eight on the Billboard Top Alternative Albums Chart. "Talk," the first single from their fourth album, False Alarm, appeared in early 2019. It was followed by "Satellite" a month later, and the LP was released in June. A year later, the band revisited their early days with the archival rarities collection, Lost Songs (Found).
© Heather Phares /TiVo
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Tourist History
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Feb 17, 2010
Though Two Door Cinema Club's music is resolutely indie at heart, the band released its early singles on the hip, largely electronic imprint Kitsuné. ...
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False Alarm
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Jun 21, 2019
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Beacon
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Jan 1, 2012
Two Door Cinema Club returned with Beacon after a couple of years touring in support of their debut album, Tourist History. While that set of songs wa ...
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Gameshow
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Oct 14, 2016
Fans of the boys from Northern Ireland went without news of their favorite musicians for four years, and had to depend on the first two albums fo ...
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Bad Decisions (Remixes)
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Oct 28, 2016
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Lost Songs (Found)
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Jun 5, 2020
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Gameshow (Deluxe Edition)
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Oct 14, 2016
Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club transform into a glitzy disco and synth pop-infused powerhouse on their third studio album, 2016's Gameshow. Having gar ...
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Changing of the Seasons
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Jan 1, 2013
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Four Words To Stand On
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Mar 23, 2018
New music? Not quite, it's the debut EP of Two Door Cinema Club, Four Words To Stand On, released for streaming 10 years since its original conception ...
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Beacon (Deluxe Version)
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Sep 3, 2012
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Tourist History Remixes
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Mar 1, 2014
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Next Year (Remixes)
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Jan 1, 2013
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Beacon (Deluxe Version)
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Sep 3, 2012
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Isolation
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Prolifica Inc. on May 15, 2020
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Satellite / What You Know (Karma Kid & Lau.ra Remixes)
Two Door Cinema Club
Electronic - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Jan 13, 2022
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Beacon (Two Door Cinema Club)
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by V2 Cooperative Music on Sep 3, 2012
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Bad Decisions
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Feb 17, 2017
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Kitsuné: I Can Talk (Remixes)
Two Door Cinema Club
House - Released by Kitsune Musique on Nov 23, 2009
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Beacon
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Co-operative Music on Jan 1, 2012
Two Door Cinema Club returned with Beacon after a couple of years touring in support of their debut album, Tourist History. While that set of songs wa ...
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I Can Talk (Myd Remix)
Two Door Cinema Club
Electronic - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Oct 21, 2021
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Gameshow
Two Door Cinema Club
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Oct 14, 2016
Fans of the boys from Northern Ireland went without news of their favorite musicians for four years, and had to depend on the first two albums fo ...
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