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The fist bumping, electronic loops of ‘I Can Talk’ is similarly invigorating. 10 years on from its LP debut, teenagers may now closer associate the snappy intro with a TikTok meme, but the enduring groove that has soundtracked many an indie club night still sounds electric today.

The Bloc Party shuffle of ‘Come Back Home’ rubs shoulders with ‘What You Know’, a song destined to blow festival crowds away from its earliest incarnation. ‘Cigarettes In The Theatre’ was given a clever polish, including an atmosphere-building intro that was to become a trademark for those early years.

This added a fragile touch, as the trio’s sound expanded beyond the confines of impossibly quick drum machine beats (although they were still used sporadically on this record). Working with Grammy award winning producer (and ½ of dance duo ‘Cassius’) Phillipe Zdar proved an inspired move, as he sought to mix the band’s already blistering pop sensibilities with a human being behind the kit. Gone were the self conscious teenagers too nervous to move on stage, replaced by a trio with a growing sense of confidence built upon by the aforementioned ‘Undercover Martyn’ and co. By the time Two Door arrived at the French HQ of their new record label Kitsuné, they had already left much of their short-lived growing pains on the Spring & Airbrake’s sticky floors. They certainly did, the Bangor trio providing more hooks than Peter Hook and Captain Hook’s short lived side project. ‘Do you want it all?’, sings Alex Trimble, his voice shaking like Ben Gibbard on ice skates. Two Door Cinema Club lay down the gauntlet 3 tracks into ‘Tourist History’. Taylor Johnson checks in to see if something good can still work… On issue 2 of our new series exploring classic Irish records, we ask the question Tourist History by Two Door Cinema Club – Was it really that good?

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