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'''Two Door Cinema Club''' is an [[Alternative rock|alternative]] rock band from [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]] and [[Donaghadee]], [[Co. Down]], [[Northern Ireland]], formed in 2007. They are signed to French record label [[Kitsuné Music]], through which they released their debut album, ''[[Tourist History]]'' on 1 March 2010.
'''Two Door Cinema Club''' is an [[Alternative rock|alternative]] rock band from [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]] and [[Donaghadee]], [[Co. Down]], [[Northern Ireland]], formed in 2007 and is composed of band members [[Sam Halliday]], [[Alex Trimble]] and [[Kevin Baird]]. They are signed to French record label [[Kitsuné Music]], through which they released their debut album, ''[[Tourist History]]'' on 1 March 2010.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 21:10, 22 January 2011

Two Door Cinema Club

Two Door Cinema Club is an alternative rock band from Bangor and Donaghadee, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, formed in 2007 and is composed of band members Sam Halliday, Alex Trimble and Kevin Baird. They are signed to French record label Kitsuné Music, through which they released their debut album, Tourist History on 1 March 2010.

History

Trimble and Halliday first met whilst attending Bangor Grammar School. They met Baird when he was trying to 'get with' girls they knew.[1] The band's name came about after one of the members mispronounced the name of the local cinema, Tudor Cinema, and this stuck.[2] In 2007, Two Door Cinema Club was formed, and following an increased interest in their music on their MySpace page, they gave up their university places and began work on studio material. An EP "Four Words To Stand On" was released in January 2009 and was positively received by critics. A number of music blogs featured articles about the band and their popularity increased In July 2009, Two Door Cinema Club began recording their debut album at Eastcote Studios in London with Eliot James. In September, the band began mixing the record with Phillipe Zdar at Motorbass, his studio in Paris.

In December 2009, Two Door Cinema Club were featured in the BBC's Sound Of 2010 Poll, which was decided by 165 British "tastemakers"[3].

In January 2010, Two Door Cinema Club announced the track listing and details of their debut album in an interview with NME.[4] It was released on 26 February 2010 in the Republic of Ireland and on 1 March 2010 in the UK. The album, entitled Tourist History, was released in the USA on 27 April 2010. The album was preceded by the singles "Something Good Can Work", "I Can Talk" and "Undercover Martyn" of which "Something Good Can Work" and "Undercover Martyn" featured on television advertisements for Vodafone and Meteor. "Undercover Martyn" also featured on the soundtrack of Gran Turismo 5 while "I Can Talk" is featured on the soundtrack of FIFA 11 & NBA 2K11.

On 25 November 2010, the track "What You Know" was released as a free download on Tap Tap Revenge 3.

Tours

Two Door Cinema Club have opened for a number of bands including; autoKratz[5], Delphic[6], Foals[7], Phoenix and Metronomy. They toured the United Kingdom and Ireland in March 2010, following the release of their debut album, Tourist History.

They played at several May Balls at the University of Cambridge in June 2010, including Jesus College May Ball. They also opened for Phoenix during the band's 2010 US tour, and performed at the 2010 iTunes Festival. They played the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Futures Stage at T in the Park, the NME Stage at Reading Festival and Leeds Festival, the main stage at Oxegen Festival, Southside Festival, Hurricane Festival and at the Benicassim festival in 2010. They also played the Splendour in the Grass festival in Australia in 2010. They played at the Electric Picnic festival, Stradbally, Co. Laois, Ireland on 5 September, appearing on the Electric Stage, and Edgefest with Have Heart in 2008.

Their eastern tour comprised Australia, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. In Hong Kong they debuted with Delphic.

On 13 January 2011, Two Door Cinema Club started their 2 week tour of US and Canada, co-headlining the tour with Tokyo Police Club.

On 20 December 2010, it was announced that Two Door Cinema Club would be playing at Evolution Festival 2011.[8]

Members

Additional Touring Members
  • Benjamin Thompson - Drums

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
IRL
[9] 		UK
[10] 		FRA
[11] 		BEL
[11] 		AUS
[11]
2010 Tourist History 22 46 51 72 100 UK: Silver[12]
London 2010 — — — — —
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
UK IRL
[13] 		BEL
(F) 		BEL
(W)
2009 "Something Good Can Work" – – – – Tourist History
"I Can Talk" – – – –
2010 "Undercover Martyn" – 49 – –
"Something Good Can Work" (re-release) 163 18 23 25
"Come Back Home" – – – –
"I Can Talk" (re-release) 34 – – –
2011 "What You Know" To be released
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

EPs

  • "Four Words to Stand On" (EP, 20 January 2009 Kitsuné Music)

Tracklist

No.TitleLength
1."Cigarettes In the Theatre"3:34
2."Do You Want It All?"3:30
3."New Houses"3:18
4."Undercover Martyn"2:48
5."Standing On Ghosts"3:30

Remixes

Appearances

Advertising

"Something Good Can Work" is the song used in the 2010 Ad Campaign of French Bank Crédit Agricole.[14]

"Do You Want It All" is the song used in the 2010 Advert for the Sky Sports Package.

"I Can Talk" is featured on the FIFA 11 and NBA 2K11 soundtracks.

"What You Know" is the song used in the 2010 advertisement for MTV's new show "World of Jenks".

"Undercover Martyn" was used in the vodafone ad campaign on RTE during the 2010 world cup, additionally it was used in the soundtrack for Gran Turismo 5

"Something Good Can Work" have been used in several BBC3 advertisements.

"Come Back Home (Instrumental)" was used on The World's Strictest Parents - Series 3 - Episode 6.

References

  1. ^ "Two Door Cinema Club - An Interview". Amelia's Magazine. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Two Door Cinema Club interview". The Line of Best Fit. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. ^ "BBC Sound of 2010: The longlist". BBC News. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Two Door Cinema Club announce debut album plans | News". Nme.Com. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Features » Pedestrian Interviews Two Door Cinema Club and Autokratz". Pedestrian.TV : The House Of Pop Cult. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Delphic, Two Door Cinema Club for Kitsune UK tour". NME.COM News. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  7. ^ Ben Patashnik (6 October 2009). "Foals - Live Review: Foals/Two Door Cinema/Wet Paint". NME.COM Live Reviews. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  8. ^ @EvolutionFestival (20 December 2010). "Twitter / Evolution Festival: Next 6 acts released: Tini ..." twitter.com. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  9. ^ http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Two+Door+Cinema+Club
  10. ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/two%20door%20cinema%20club/
  11. ^ a b c Steffen Hung. "Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History". irishcharts.com. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  12. ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx
  13. ^ http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Two+Door+Cinema+Club
  14. ^ "Publicité Crédit Agricole: Prévoyance (version longue)". Crédit Agricole. 17 May 2010.

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