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A bigger audience is always out there somewhere. With increasing demand comes more reasons to book another tour and make a new record. With each chance to sit back and take stock, out steps another opportunity. Now they’re speaking out, addressing creative differences, mental health and how they rediscovered themselves after hitting self-destruct.īeing in a successful band is like sitting in a merry-go-round that never stops. Suddenly, these future headliners had to rethink everything. Hospitalisation, alcoholism and depression cut short all plans and any momentum they’d built in a whirlwind five years. But for Two Door Cinema Club, they were literally forced to put everything on hold. As I exited the venue I was sure I would do my utmost to seize every opportunity to see them in the future.‘Hiatus’ is a convenient word to use for when bands fancy a break. The trio of encore songs (“Someday,” “Come Back Home,” and “What You Know”) were great too. Everything from “Sleep Alone” to “Eat That Up, It’s Good For You” in the main set sounded great and nothing slowed down. They just played through each song verbatim, but made them sound better. And, ah! The songs! No indulgent jam sessions. The mix by the way was so good the only way it could have been better would have been a literal reconstruction of the Newport.
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Even their middle-aged sound guy in the back had a cool aura about him. The band exhibited a stage presence that was neither pretentious nor shy. The stage set-up was one of the best I’ve seen, being interesting, engaging, and spectacular without becoming a total epilepsy-inducing event.
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One, they played songs without wasting any time. Two Door Cinema Club‘s set basically had two themes. Long story short, their self-given genre class of “WEIRD POP” says it all. Their new bass player was fun to watch – she grooved on and off stage, even getting a bit of dancing in near the merch table during Two Door’s set. Her fellow vocalist was pretty into the performance too – actually, the whole band was, even the guy who had nothing to do but play bongo drums. She attempted to turn a complaint of a bad back into a sultry comment about it being “hot in here” before she pulled the icy-hot pad off her back and tossed it into the audience (ew). Lead singer Samantha sung, shrieked, and breathed into the mic. Musically, their sound lies somewhere between pop and funk, which a little bit of something completely different thrown in. The second opener, Friends of Brooklyn, NY confused me. They somehow were able to pull off modest jamming without it seeming like they were holding anything back. In any case, I will be keeping an eye on these guys. They remind me a bit of O’Brother (they aren’t that similar actually – just brought my mind there with the wall of sound effect they created within the Newport – I saw O’Brother do something opening for Thrice about a year ago). Consider them spacey alternative ambient rock. The stream on Spotify frankly doesn’t do the live performance justice. The band had a huge sound that sold me within a minute of hearing them. My arrival at the venue unfortunately occured halfway through Guards‘ (of New York) set. It ended up being the perfect venue for the show they presented – a mesh of old fashioned rocking with some new age dance alternapop. But, they had to make do with the Newport. Had it not been for Jack White’s unfortunately timed appearance in Columbus that same night, I’m certain Two Door Cinema Club could have easily sold out the largest venue in Columbus.