Two Door Cinema Club is an indie rock, indie pop and indietronica band. The team was formed in Northern Ireland in 2007.
The trio released several albums in indie pop style, two of the six records were recognized as "gold" (according to the largest radio stations in the UK).
The group remains stable in its original composition, which includes three musicians:
- Alex Trimble is the band's frontman. He performs all vocal parts, plays keyboards and percussion instruments, guitar, is responsible for percussion and beats;
- Sam Halliday - lead guitarist, also sings backing vocals
- Kevin Baird (bassist) also takes part in the vocals.
At various times, specially invited tour musicians collaborated with the group: Benjamin Thompson (drummer) and Jacob Berry (multi-musician: guitarist, keyboardist and drummer).
By the way, the group does not have a special drummer. Trimble adds beats via laptop, and live performances require the help of fellow musicians.
Alex Trimble and Sam Halliday met in high school when they were 16 years old. Later, Baird joined the company of guys. He tried to get acquainted with the girls that Trimble and Halliday knew, and the guys helped him.
The guys formed the group in 2007. For a long time they could not decide on the name, and the first three sketches were signed with the name of the band Life Without Rory. Under this name, they managed to release only three demo versions and closed the project. The new name was based on a common joke about the local Tudor cinema - Tudor Cinema.
Once, as a teenager, Halliday changed the name to Two Door Cinema. And it seemed very funny. In principle, the group was engaged in music "for fun". Therefore, the musicians did not try very hard. They believed that they had already found their listeners on social networks and on MySpace.
Once upon a time, Trimble wore luxurious red Irish hair. Today he shaved his head, shocking fans.
Having created a group, the musicians "untwisted" themselves, performed at university venues and posted music on MySpace. And one day they were noticed. The musical material quickly caused a great stir. Despite the fact that all three were already students, they had to leave the universities in order to pursue music and start earning something from which to create studio recordings.
The beginning of the popularity of the group Two Door Cinema Club
2009: Four Words to Stand On
The popularity of the band started talking in 2009, when the mini-album Four Words to Stand On was released earlier this year. It was unusual and wonderful that serious music blogs began to write about the musicians. The album was written in two studios - in London's Eastcote Studios (under the direction of Eliot James) and in Paris Motorbass, which belonged to Philip Zhday.
The EP was nominated for the Choice Music Prize for Ireland's Best Album 2010. A year later, the band was included in the BBC Sound of 2010 poll. A month later, they announced the release of their second full-length studio album.
2010: Tourist History
The release of a full-length album was talked about a few months after the release of the mini-album and the singles preceding it. The musicians in an interview announced the list of songs that will be included in it. Not surprisingly, well-publicized material was taken to soundtracks and commercials even before the release of the record.
Tourist History was released in January 2010 in Europe, and appeared across the ocean in the spring of the same year. The success was resounding. The hit What You Know, which will soon celebrate its 10th anniversary, has been and remains the main song of the musicians.
The song "Something Good Can Work" was featured in a Vodafone ad. The hit Undercover Martyn made a recognizable advertisement for Meteor and the game Gran Turismo 5.
Also, computer games FIFA 11 and NBA 2K11 were accompanied by part of the track I Can Talk. So about the songs from this album, every second person says that he “heard them somewhere”.
2011: Performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
The band first saw the world through a performance on the hit Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The musicians appeared in the studio with two hits I Can Talk and What You Know.
2012: Beacon
The second studio album was released in September 2012. It started at number 1 on the Irish Albums Chart. The release became "gold" (according to BPI). In England, more than 100 thousand copies were sold during the year, in the USA - about 110 thousand copies of the album.
2016 Gameshow
The album was recorded in Los Angeles after the group's two-year silence on the YouTube channel. The band devoted a year to tour in support of the release in North America.
2019 False Alarm
On June 21, the band released a new disc, the fourth studio album in their discography. Most of the "fans" admitted that the guitars in the new album lost their carefree fun and gained a frightening seriousness.
Two Door Cinema Club about life and their music
Musicians are of the opinion that any music is good, and never criticized anyone's style, calling it unsuccessful. In their music, they sing about what they feel. They were formed as musicians by different musical layers - from American country (played by John Denver) to gentle soul (played by Stevie Wonder) and electro-notes (Kylie Minogue).
Today the group is 13 years old, despite their considerable experience, they are young and enjoy great popularity.
The summer of 2019 was very hot for the musicians. They were on a big world tour spanning Europe and Asia. It was scheduled to play in 18 cities in the US and Canada. October was devoted to performances in Ireland.
The band recently covered Billie Eilish's hit Bad Guy.
Alex Trimble is a versatile creative person. In 2013, he announced himself as a talented photographer by opening his own photo exhibition.
The exhibition featured footage from the band's tours. Interesting photos, as well as fragments of new songs and live performances. Trimble pre-posts groups on Instagram and is an active blogger.
