09-09-2012, 12:29
online listen
second album
this guy sounds just like the guy from Fun
the music could pass for a lot of groups
I like two tracks including the clip
just don't try and connect the video to it
1.6 from me and a converted 2.0 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Sleep Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNXybY2DtwM
released Sept 4th, 2012
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Bio- from allmusic
Mixing electronic polish with guitar-driven hooks à la Phoenix and the Postal Service, Bangor and Donaghadee,
Northern Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club feature singer/guitarist/programmer Alex Trimble, guitarist/singer Sam
Halliday, and bassist/singer Kevin Baird. Trimble and Halliday met in school, and met 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 2009's end, the group was 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. In 2012, Two Door Cinema Club returned with its sophomore
album, the Jacknife Lee-produced Beacon.
Album Review - from allmusic
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 was already pretty sleek thanks to the production skills of Eliot James, the band
opted to polish things further with the help of Jacknife Lee, who has worked with R.E.M., U2, Snow Patrol, and
plenty of other epic-sounding artists. With Lee's assistance, the band made Beacon a more sophisticated-sounding set
of songs: witness the clever chord changes and harmonies on "Next Year," the more prominent electronics on "Wake
Up," the intriguing percussion on "Pyramid," and the big brass swells on "Sun," which make the song a knowing nod to
the band's '80s influences. However, this polish comes at a price, and much of the nervy, scrappy energy that made
Tourist History so appealing is missing from Beacon. Songs such as "Handshake" are never less than pleasant examples
of the band's bright, bouncy dance-rock, but they're not particularly distinctive; on the other hand, attempts to
rock harder like "Someday" aren't entirely successful either -- the guitars don't just sound heavy, they sound
weighed down, and the gulf between them and Alex Trimble's soothing vocals is nearly as big as the disconnect
between the music and Beacon's borderline-saucy album cover. Two Door Cinema Club fare better when they stick closer
to their wheelhouse of charming electro-guitar pop, which they do on the bittersweet "Sleep Alone" and the pretty
title track. There's nothing overtly bad about Beacon; it shows that Two Door Cinema Club still have a remarkable
knack for winsome melodies and harmonies set to kinetic beats. It just doesn't have the spark that Tourist History
had, even if it's a more accomplished album overall.
Track Listing
1. Next Year
2. Handshake
3. Wake Up
4. Sun
5. Someday
6. Sleep Alone
7. The World Is Watching
8. Settle
9. Spring
10. Pyramid
11. Beacon
second album
this guy sounds just like the guy from Fun
the music could pass for a lot of groups
I like two tracks including the clip
just don't try and connect the video to it
1.6 from me and a converted 2.0 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Sleep Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNXybY2DtwM
released Sept 4th, 2012
Bio- from allmusic
Mixing electronic polish with guitar-driven hooks à la Phoenix and the Postal Service, Bangor and Donaghadee,
Northern Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club feature singer/guitarist/programmer Alex Trimble, guitarist/singer Sam
Halliday, and bassist/singer Kevin Baird. Trimble and Halliday met in school, and met 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 2009's end, the group was 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. In 2012, Two Door Cinema Club returned with its sophomore
album, the Jacknife Lee-produced Beacon.
Album Review - from allmusic
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 was already pretty sleek thanks to the production skills of Eliot James, the band
opted to polish things further with the help of Jacknife Lee, who has worked with R.E.M., U2, Snow Patrol, and
plenty of other epic-sounding artists. With Lee's assistance, the band made Beacon a more sophisticated-sounding set
of songs: witness the clever chord changes and harmonies on "Next Year," the more prominent electronics on "Wake
Up," the intriguing percussion on "Pyramid," and the big brass swells on "Sun," which make the song a knowing nod to
the band's '80s influences. However, this polish comes at a price, and much of the nervy, scrappy energy that made
Tourist History so appealing is missing from Beacon. Songs such as "Handshake" are never less than pleasant examples
of the band's bright, bouncy dance-rock, but they're not particularly distinctive; on the other hand, attempts to
rock harder like "Someday" aren't entirely successful either -- the guitars don't just sound heavy, they sound
weighed down, and the gulf between them and Alex Trimble's soothing vocals is nearly as big as the disconnect
between the music and Beacon's borderline-saucy album cover. Two Door Cinema Club fare better when they stick closer
to their wheelhouse of charming electro-guitar pop, which they do on the bittersweet "Sleep Alone" and the pretty
title track. There's nothing overtly bad about Beacon; it shows that Two Door Cinema Club still have a remarkable
knack for winsome melodies and harmonies set to kinetic beats. It just doesn't have the spark that Tourist History
had, even if it's a more accomplished album overall.
Track Listing
1. Next Year
2. Handshake
3. Wake Up
4. Sun
5. Someday
6. Sleep Alone
7. The World Is Watching
8. Settle
9. Spring
10. Pyramid
11. Beacon
