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Tourist History

Two Door Cinema Club

Tourist History

Debut album of electro pop from Northern Irish three-piece

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6.4

Label
Kitsune V2 Coop
UK Release date
01/03/2010
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  1. 9.0 |   Click Music

    ...explosively dancy enough to please crowded dance floors and overly energetic radio DJs alike
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    While they won't win any points for innovation, Two Door Cinema Club are going to find their way into a lot of people's hearts during 2010
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    Already bigged up by the likes of Kanye West, their debut album is a short, sharp shock to the system
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  4. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Ten pop gems to tap your toe to till it’s a bruised, bloody stump
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  5. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Tourist History is neither a bad album, nor a derivative one – it does, however, lack the divine spark that separates the great from the merely good
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  6. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    On the one hand it’s nothing new, but on the other, they’ve done good with a tried and tested formula (plus it’s really hard to be critical of tunes this catchy!)
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  7. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Tourist History is an infectious debut that may well divide opinion, but at least suggests that amidst all the uneasy listening and obtuse noises coming out of the underground at present there are still those capable of writing the odd tune or ten
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  8. 6.0 |   Eye Weekly

    Some music isn’t meant to change the world, and because TDCC seem to understand this, they’re already better than Bono
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  9. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    A light-hearted, jaunty affair bearing an undeniable pop sensibility rather than a high-stakes erudite magnum opus a la Foals’ Antidotes makes it an easy act to follow
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  10. 6.0 |   State

    It’s not perfect but Tourist History is still a satisfying listen
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  11. 6.0 |   The Times

    Despite using a laptop for beats rather than a drummer, this debut album comprises an excited burst of short, simple indie-pop songs
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  12. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Initially resembling an emo-Foals, Two Door Cinema Club discover unexpected range across their full length debu
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  13. 6.0 |   Uncut

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  14. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  15. 4.0 |   The List

    Perky, itchy indie-pop from Northern Ireland
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  16. 4.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Each song merges in to the next with no perceptible difference between them
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