Two Door Cinema Club

Safariing through Pennsylvanian tunnels and a New York City hangover, Two Door Cinema Club‘s fair-haired and seemingly arcane front man, Alex Trimble has PinkMafia curiously drawn to the forecast at Wrongbar for today’s SOLD OUT show.

Curt through and through, here’s a glimpse beyond this Irish tiger’s eye:

PinkMafia: You formed your band not too long ago, in 2007. If you hadn’t started a band, what do you think you’d be doing now?

Alex Trimble: When I left school I was going to go study music production. I would probably still be doing that if we weren’t touring.

PM: What inspired you three to start this project in the first place?

AT: We met in high school when we were 16. We just started to get on because we realized we were listening to the same kinds of music and were different then all the other kids in our school.

PM: After your myspace success and your album release in 2009, you were on the list of bands to look out for in 2010 according to the Metro UK. Did you think you would gain such success so soon? How is it affecting you?

AT: I think we were kind of ready for a bit more attention. We’ve worked very hard and done a lot of touring so we were in a position where things were ready to go. I think in a way we kind of wanted it. Not that we were necessarily expecting it, but we were ready for it and because of that we’re doing pretty ok.

PM: For your first time in North America, how are you finding people are receiving your music here?

AT: It’s been good. We started off touring with Phoenix. Playing support shows to someone else’s crowds we were getting really good reactions and some kids at the shows even knew our songs. It was incredible to see people singing along.

PM: What do you want people to take away from your music?

AT: We write music because we enjoy it not because we want other people to enjoy it. When people hear our record, we want them to feel good. The album is really positive and it’s supposed to be uplifting. In terms of our live show its upbeat and we just want people to have fun.

Fresh add to Kitsuné (Phoenix, La Roux) in 2010, the grammar school chums named after the mispronunciation of a local movie theatre have been buzzing around the European Blog loop and pleasing critics everywhere. Fired up on a summer of tumultuous festival appearances and an international tour, the NME band to watch break the laws of traditional arrangement. With 50 + shows scheduled around the world between now and November, Two Door Cinema Club and their guitar ramped dance party meet Canada tonight at Wrongbar. Get blasted and dance your little hearts out! We’ll leave you with the video for “Undercover Martyn” our favourite so far.

Words Katherine Alicia Snack