

Laser spotlights search dramatically around the cavernous room during ‘Come Back Home’ and ‘Next Year’, inciting a sing-along epidemic. Verse 1 Dm Im a sinner, I am the victim C Im an alien when Im myself Dm Im a healer, I am a fixer C Im a present danger to my health Dm Im so strong C Doing what Im supposed to do Dm. They soon settle in with the help of an adoring full-throated audience. “Good evening, how’s it going? We are Two Door Cinema Club and this is f***ing wonderful!” flame-haired frontman Alex Trimble roars to the crowd.ĭapperly dressed in a smart grey suit, his excitement over the band’s biggest headline show to date is evident, as he admits “shitting himself” with nerves backstage. Biography: Two Door Cinema Club is a Bangor and Donaghadee, Northern Ireland, UK, electropop / alternative band, formed 2007, consisting of Alex Trimble (vocals, guitar), Kevin Baird (bass, vocals), Sam Halliday (guitar, vocals) and, live only, Benjamin Thompson (drums). Smoke pulsates out of cannons to the rhythm of ‘Do You Want It All?’ as the Northern Irish indie-rock trio hurtles into their feel-good repertoire of relentlessly upbeat classics. ‘Radiant’ builds to a climax that echos cinematically around the Great Hall, before a mention of Two Door Cinema Club releases a barrage of enthusiastic claps and whoops from swathes of merch-clad teenagers.īy the time the main men grace the stage the crowd is close to melting point, ready for another hour of foot-stomping mania. ‘Kemosabe’ exudes jittery adolescent excitement with Jonathan Higgs' sustained falsetto hitting notes alien to most frontmen, while ‘Duet’ shakes up a cocktail of fresh beats that feel liberating and carefree, despite their artful construction.

Unpretentiously kitted out in black, the music takes centre stage, knocking down expectations of extravagant, experimental fashion choices to complement their distinctly trendy sound.
