Two Door Cinema Club

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Formed 2007.

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Biography

Two Door Cinema Club are a Northern Irish indie rock band from Bangor and Donaghadee, County Down, formed in 2007. The band consists of Sam Halliday (lead guitar, backing vocals), Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths) and Kevin Baird (bass, backing vocals).

The band's debut album, Tourist History, was released on 1 March 2010 by French independent record label Kitsuné Music. In the United States, where the band are signed to Glassnote Records, the album was released on 27 April 2010. Tourist History was selected for the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year (2010) the following year.

The band's second album, Beacon, was released on 3 September 2012 and debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart.

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BBC Reviews

  1. Beacon 2012

    Review of Beacon

    Reviewed by Al Fox

    The trio’s second album arrives well-equipped to do some serious damage to the charts.

  2. Tourist History 2010

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    Reviewed by Lou Thomas

    Flashes of greatness place TDCC among the UK’s better breaking-through bands.

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