Music / Two Door Cinema Club

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Their style has been compared to Editors, Foals and The Futureheads. They are known for jangly guitars and dancy drum beats and synths. The band is probably best known in America, for their song "What You Know", which they have performed on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

Members

• Alex Trimble, guitar, lead vocals, synth
• Sam Halliday, lead guitar, backing vocals
• Kevin Baird, bass, synth, backing vocals

In the studio, the drumming is programmed by the producer and band, but on tour their drummer is:

• Benjamin Thompson, touring drummer

Discography:

• Tourist History (2010, Kitsune), this was certified gold.
• Beacon (2012, Kitsune)
• Gameshow (2016, Parlophone)
• False Alarm (2019, PIAS and Transgressive)
• Keep On Smiling (2022, Lower Third Records)

And she spoke tropes that would melt in your hands:

• Album Title Drop: Keep On Smiling drops its title in the last track, "Disappearer", where it additionally subverts its positive meaning with a layer of bitterness:
  But the good work hurts and wraps around you
  A lack of oxygen
  Just keep on smiling, all the clowns do
  And we’ll meet again, so disappear!
• Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: "Bad Decisions".
  "Save me
  I've been drinking wine
  And I just made a big mistake
  Happens all the time"
• A Wild Rapper Appears!: Open Mike Eagle on the track "Nice To See You".
• Break-Up Song: "Changing of the Seasons".
  When you say you won't forget me
  I can tell you that's not true
  'Cause every day since you left me
  I've thought less and less of you
  And I've worn out all the reasons
  To keep on knocking at your door
  Could be the changing of the seasons
  But I don't love you anymore
• Deadpan Snarkers: From the "Changing of the Seasons" video:
  Interviewer: How many bands do you believe have adopted the Two Door Cinema Club ethos?
  The band: 37.
• New Sound Album: Beacon sounds more spacey and quieter than the more punk-influenced Tourist History.
• Performance Video: "What You Know". Sort of. Also counts as a mild Busby Berkeley Number.
• Surreal Music Video: "Undercover Martyn" has the trio performing the song while moving around on seats that are camoflagued into the black background while various long hankerchiefs start sliding around.