Live Music: Two Door Cinema Club
"Don’t you think the electro-pop genre has become saturated?" I ask Two Door Cinema Club in their rather empty dressing room. Guitarist Kevin’s face contorts: "Definitely. But I wouldn’t say we’re electro-pop". He begins to look a bit pissed off. Thankfully, the otherwise apathetic lead singer Alex comes to my rescue: "that’s pretty much exactly what are… I mean, we make pop music, with an electric sound". Phew.
Two Door have been at the forefront of the indie scene for the last year, now, in which time they’ve charted on the BBC’s Sound of 2010 poll as well as played several Cambridge balls, of which they are none too complimentary.
However town and gown can seriously differ. As the gig gets going later, Alex flatters the crowd with the claim that The Junction was the best gig on their last UK tour. I feel like challenging this most likely calculated claim but refrain from doing so when the potential embarrassment of being beaten up by 40 chequered shirt-wearing 15-year-olds dawns on me.
Their reverence is exemplified by the gentle ‘Do You Want It All?’, which sees most of the crowd swaying hypnotically to Alex’s movements. Later in the set, the melancholic ‘What You Know’ gets the whole venue singing along effortlessly.
Interspersed between these two more tranquil moments, TDCC exhibit their trademark fast paced pop, with ‘Something Good Can Work’, ‘Undercover Martyn’ and ‘Eat That Up’ producing a football fan style reaction from the kids at the front. The crowd are far less boisterous during new track ‘This is the Life’ and ‘You’re not Stubborn’, both of which lack noteworthiness.
Nevertheless, on the whole ‘Two Door’ have honed their skills, whether you want to call them electropop or not.
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