'But people have been able to discover us for themselves.' 'We certainly haven't been shoved into anyone's faces,' Baird says with considerable understatement. Until recently, the radio virtually ignored their singles they'd toured the UK four times before they received any press coverage at all. While crowds have flocked, there's been very little of the media exposure that usually accompanies an emerging group. The oddest aspect of Two Door's rise is that it has taken place virtually under the radar. Along the way, they have shifted 60,000 copies of their shimmering electropop debut, Tourist History.

Their gigs – with the fans chanting 'Two Door! Two Door!' and singing along with every word – are some of the most euphoric on the circuit. This year, they have played two sellout UK tours and filled the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. Twelve months ago, they were supporting Delphic in 300-capacity venues. 'It flew straight into the oncoming traffic.'Īt the time, you wouldn't have put money on the County Down trio making it to the next town, but Two Door have become one of the unlikely success stories of 2010. 'We were on the dual carriageway, and one of the wheels came off,' he sighs, shaking his head. Listen to the first single 'Are We Ready? (Wreck)' below.'It was a pile of shit,' bassist Kevin Baird replies. The band have announced their third album 'Gameshow', due for release in October 2016. More touring followed, backed up with more huge festival dates and a sold out show at O 2 arena in London. Its follow up, 'Beacon' was released in 2012, going to number 2 in the UK charts and to number 1 in Ireland. Along with main stage slots at Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds, their first album propelled them to a level that most bands can only dream of, going platinum in the UK. Their debut album 'Tourist History' and a packed touring helped them build a huge network of grassroots fans all over the world, and led to the boys playing sold out shows in America, Canada, South America, South Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe and, of course, the UK. Melodic vocals, which hail from all three members of the outfit, infuse with guitar riffs that have been described as 'oceanic' and rhythm described as 'pulsing'. Their music has been loosely compared to the likes of Death Cab for Cutie and Broken Social Scene but without a definitive capacity to be pigeon-holed. Since we signed them to Transgressive Publishing back in 2009, they've gone on to become, undoubtedly, one of the biggest bands in the world right now.

When we first came across Two Door Cinema Club, then three 18 year old lads recently move to London from Northern Ireland, they were of the most exciting new bands we'd stumbled along in a long while.

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