Two Door Cinema Club: Tourist History

tdcc115.jpgTwo Door Cinema Club’s story begins three years ago with three 15-year olds at school in a town just outside of Belfast, Northern Ireland.  Vocalist-guitarist Alex Trimble and bassist Kevin Baird studied music together and guitarist Sam Halliday was another childhood friend. The trio initially formed a rock band with a drummer, but after his departure, the remaining members began experimenting using a laptop to generate beats.

“It was born of necessity at first because we didn’t know any other drummers,” says Alex. “We weren’t sure it would work but we grew to love it.”

The trio began playing gigs 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 French label Kitsuné  to positive reviews and music blog buzz.

Here on the band’s full-length debut the music-mad trio delivers on the buzz of their EP, offering 10 tracks that fizz with invention and sparkling melodies. The tunes are rooted in rock and pop, with elements of electronica and Afro-beats, but the sum is greater than any of its indie-electro-pop parts. 

The album has two general themes, explains Alex – ‘love’ songs (“but not in a typical sense; I’m adamant about avoiding clichés”) and songs that “chart our progression over these past 18 months. Where we’ve come from to where we are now with this album.”

Listening to Tourist History is like a refreshing shot in the arm.  The light-footed yet hard-driving energy and dreamy brand of urgency come together with woozy synths and digi-funk backdrops that bounce, swing and rock behind Alex’s catchy pop vocals. Best of all the infectious energy reminds you to the lighter brighter side of things – a formula that works whether you’re 18 or 88.

Tourist History will be available on-demand April 4 through May 5, 2010


Two Door Cinema Club will perform live on Morning Becomes Eclectic on Tuesday, May 4, 2010.

Official artist website: TwoDoorCinemaClub.com

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

Playlist

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KCRW default album cover
Lonely Tuesday Ramble - Adam SniderSean Smith, Adam Snider, Matt Ba
Album
Berkeley Guitar
00:00
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00:00
Album cover: Astro Coast
HarmonixSurfer Blood
Album
Astro Coast
Label
Kanine
07:54
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The Storm (Clash of the Titans)Neil Davidge & Tina Dico
Album
Clash of the Titans OST
Label
Warner Bros.
12:21
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13:22
KCRW default album cover
Shes GoneTindersticks, Stuart Staples, Neil Fraser, Al Macauley, Dickon Hinchliffe, David Boulter
DJ comment: MBE284 - Originally aired on Monday, November 20, 1995 
Album
Live on KCRW (7/31/95)
Label
unreleased
16:59
Album cover: Magnetic North
Remember UsAqualung
Album
Magnetic North
Label
Verve Forecast
23:01
Album cover: Miike Snow
Song for No OneMiike Snow
Album
Miike Snow
Label
Downtown
27:07
Album cover: See Mystery Lights
Psychic City (Voodoo City)Yacht
Album
See Mystery Lights
Label
DFA
32:10
Album cover: Sleepwalking Through the Mekong
March of the Balloon AnimalsDengue Fever
DJ comment: Soundtrack to documentary about Dengue Fever Visit artist website
Album
Sleepwalking Through the Mekong
Label
M80

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