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1 hour ago, nikkic said:

Do they get a lot of airtime on R1 or something? 2 Pyramid slots in 5 years? For a band that aren't really that good. 

Fair play to their booking agent. 

Their first Pyramid slot kind of made sense because they were a current hot ticket act who were obviously on the rise and Glastonbury has a tendency to give one or two acts of their stature a similar big break every once in a while. Last years Pyramid slot was kind of baffling though and the muted reception to the album that followed highlighted that. I think/hope they won't be booked again this year as it'd essentially be the same setlist (see also: Bastille).

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Right, so. Two Door Cinema Club are my favourite band, and I would welcome any opportunity to see them. 

However, I don't think they would be a great booking for the festival this year. As noted, they played last year, and the album hasn't exactly set the world alight (despite being brilliant, probably their best). But beyond that, they are the name I have seen on the most line ups, not just in the UK, but in Europe and further afield. They would probably be the least exclusive booking going, and not an exciting one for the festival no matter how excited I would be personally.

They have always been quite poor at updating their setlists anyway, the first four songs are usually the same, in the same order, and pretty much all from the first record. LOVED the Ally Pally show but considering that was their own tour for (you'd assume) the more devoted fans I was sad they didn't switch it up and put more of the new album in there. Glastonbury a year on, yeah it'd be 95% the same setlist as last time.

I applaud them though for making themselves such a staple of the festival scene despite not selling many albums of late at all. They really are a cracking live act so I completely understand why and if they were on the line up I'd be delighted, but I'm not expecting it and hope for some more exciting names *for the festival*

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Just now, Hugh Jass said:

I'm not sure I've ever knowingly heard a Two Door Cinema Club song.

One of their songs soundtracked the 2011 Glastonbury coverage, so if you've seen any of that then you've heard at least a bit, and if you've heard that then you've pretty much heard the rest of their songs too.

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3 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

One of their songs soundtracked the 2011 Glastonbury coverage, so if you've seen any of that then you've heard at least a bit, and if you've heard that then you've pretty much heard the rest of their songs too.

I'm sure I'd recognise one or two of their songs by pure osmosis, but if you asked me to name one I couldn't.

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Haha, @FloorFiller while that is certainly true of their early stuff (which had bizarre names so it was hard to know which was which anyway), there is a definitive shift in sound for the latest album. Far less reliance on upbeat guitar riffs and a shift to a more midtempo sound, while retaining catchy melody.

Songs like 'Bad Decisions' and 'Fever' are a bit 'updated Bee Gees', and are very different from the title track 'Gameshow' or something like 'Lavender'. So I can understand that thought process, but there's definitely a wider variety of sound on their more recent work.

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46 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I'm sure I'd recognise one or two of their songs by pure osmosis, but if you asked me to name one I couldn't.

Good thing about them is if you recognise one of their songs you've pretty much covered their back catalogue 

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