On 20 June 2012, the band announced Beacon as the title of their second studio album, along with a release date of 3 September 2012 in the UK and 4 September elsewhere. In April 2012, the band's official account revealed that a second album was near completion. On 18 January 2011, Two Door Cinema Club appeared on the American late night talk show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, performing the song, ' What You Know,' which later became their biggest hit off the record. The album was also preceded by the singles ' Something Good Can Work', ' I Can Talk' and ' Undercover Martyn'.

The album, entitled Tourist History, was released on 26 February 2010 in the Republic of Ireland, 1 March 2010 in the United Kingdom and 27 April 2010 in the U.S. In January 2010, Two Door Cinema Club announced the track listing and details of the band's debut album in an interview with NME. In September 2009, the band began mixing the record with Phillipe Zdar at Motorbass, Zdar's studio in Paris. In July 2009, Two Door Cinema Club began recording its debut album at Eastcote Studios in London, with Eliot James. For the tenth anniversary of the EP, the band publicly released it in March 2018. The EP was self-recorded and produced and was mixed and mastered by Ryan Mitchell. History Early releases and Four Words to Stand On (2007–2009) Īn EP entitled Four Words to Stand On was released on 26 March 2008 and received attention on a number of websites. Following an increased interest in the band's social network page, the three members forwent their university places and commenced work on studio material. The new band's name was taken from Halliday's mispronunciation of the name of the local cinema, the Tudor Cinema in 2007, Two Door Cinema Club was formed. An interim drummer by the name of Owen Bullington was appointed but was kicked out due to creative differences. Trimble, Halliday and Baird formed another band shortly after the demise of their first musical project on this occasion, a permanent drummer was not included. Life Without Rory recorded three demos before disbanding the first, 'Safe in Silence' and the second, 'Conscripted By Choice' are still on the band's inactive MySpace page, while the third 'You Missed the Point' can be viewed on YouTube. The three first performed as a band at the age of 16 on ATL Rock School under the name Life Without Rory the band finished in last place. Trimble and Halliday first met while attending Bangor Grammar School the pair later met Baird while he was flirting with girls who were known to his future bandmates.

2.1 Early releases and Four Words to Stand On (2007–2009).

In the following years they have become a frequent sight at festivals like Reading and Leeds Festival and Glastonbury. Their fourth album False Alarm released on 21 June 2019 and featured songs like 'Satellite' and 'Talk'. Two more singles, 'Bad Decisions' and the title track 'Gameshow' were released prior to the album and are also included on the track list. The first single, ' Are We Ready? (Wreck)' was released on 14 June 2016 and was debuted on Annie Mac's Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1. The band's third album Gameshow was released on 14 October 2016. The band's second album Beacon was released on 3 September 2012, debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart and reached number two in the UK Albums Chart.

Tourist History was selected for the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year (2010) the following year. In the United States, where the band are signed to Glassnote Records, the album was released on 27 April 2010. The band's debut album, Tourist History, was released on 1 March 2010 by French independent record label Kitsuné Music. The band formed in 2007 and is composed of three members: Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths), Sam Halliday (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Kevin Baird (bass, synths, backing vocals). Two Door Cinema Club are a band from Northern Ireland.

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