The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

“So tell me what you need
And I’ll accommodate
But if too long goes by
You just might be too late
An opportunity
You can’t afford to waste
So have the lines in your head first
For heaven’s sake”

I’m just going to put this out there right now. If you haven’t yet bought, downloaded or stolen Two Door Cinema Club’s debut record Tourist History, it might be about that time to seriously examine your priorities as a music lover. At the very least, you may want to reconsider how you find about your new music because there would absolutely no reason, no possible excuse whatsoever to miss out one of the brightest stories of 2010. The Irish trio who look they just graduated elementary school have compiled an album of some of the tightest and snappiest pop that is as sharp as a tack. Further evidence of this is presented here in the new single Come Back Home. It’s bands like these that remind you that keeping it simple isn’t a bad thing at all and the footrace to appear to be the more inventive/pretentious band out there in indie-land usually ends up becoming nothing more than a exercise in futility and indier-than-thou wankery.

That said, go get this record. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a better pop record by a guitar band this year. Unless you’re talking about Total Life Forever by Foals. That record is bordering on modern classic status…

“Come Back Home” by Two Door Cinema Club, taken from the Glassnote release, “Tourist History”

Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work

This is the third single from a very promising trio from Northern Ireland whose debut record Tourist History will be dropping in the States very soon via Glassnote. They’ll be in the States for a run-through in May.  The single is very breezy and sounds effortless. Enthusiastic with a festive pep in its step, these youngsters are on to something…

“Something Good Can Work” by Two Door Cinema Club, taken from the Kitsune/Glassnote release, “Tourist History”