I was surprised that there seemed to be an extra person in their crew Two Door Cinema Club, who met in grammar school, is a trio - vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Alex Trimble, bassist/vocalist Kevin Baird and guitarist/vocalist Sam Halliday - but they've now recruited a drummer, Ben Thompson. We were so pleased that the band, who've toured with Phoenix in the past, had some time to stop by Studio A for a conversation and performance. They were chosen as one of our 2010 breakthrough bands and, at long last, their debut album, Tourist History, is finally out in the States on Glassnote Records and in the UK and Europe on Kitsuné. And in true Two Door Cinema Club fashion, the band has channeled these ideas through a bright, neon-colored glow, full of glitzy synths, classic melodies, and some nods to their raucous and bustling debut, Tourist History.The Alternate Side has been keeping tabs on the Northern Irish band Two Door Cinema Club for a while.

The dichotomy of this idea - optimism versus pessimism, acknowledging change versus ignoring it - is at the core of Keep On Smiling. But it also suggests that that anguish is nearly impossible to avoid, that the heaviness of our current reality is too hard to ignore, and to keep on smiling is an ironic way of acknowledging everyone’s pessimism. Keep On Smiling as a title implies a couple different things: for one, it’s a steadfast image of positivity and optimism, a plea to keep spirits bright in the face of anguish. Today (June 16th), they’ve announced their forthcoming fifth studio album, set for release on September 2nd of this year. When Two Door Cinema Club returned back in 2019 with False Alarm, there was a delightful tone of being “seriously unserious.” But now, that lighthearted message means something a bit different after two years of a pandemic and a lengthy period of being stuck at home, playful and positive art helped lessen the weight of our global situation, and as most of us exit lockdown, there’s a definable sense of tension around re-entering the world and starting over.įor Two Door Cinema Club, they just want you to keep calm and smile on.

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