Instead it is replaced with pretentious attempts at "real" indie music. Hardly to be found is the lean indie pop with tight verses, fun hooks and neat little melodies. While there are many bands out there who theoretically could make such an odd combination good, Two Door Cinema Club don’t, and so they get absolutely no credit for even trying (the word “trying” being used very loosely in this context).Īdding insult to injury, Two Door Cinema Club seem to believe they are making music that is meant to be scrutinized by artists and musicians music that is meant to be taken seriously. What follows is a sloppy mess of jumbled music that's trying so hard not to be pigeonholed into any specific genre that it sounds like the mixing personnel took a disco band, an indie pop band, some samples, a bunch of acid, and a synth and just threw them all together to see if it would work. (And yes, while I could write an entire review on the album art, I will refrain.) Further, with album art and a title that is supposed to be evocative of fun and joy, the intro is anything but. The album begins with an instrumental intro that is interesting for about fifteen seconds, until it continues for about ten times the length that it needs to be. Well, except for now, because Keep On Smiling is bad. It wasn’t anything amazing, but personally I had never listened to anything that I could outright call bad. Their infectious blend of pop and indie elements could be quite fun at times. They continued to put out some singles over the years that I found myself head-bopping to as well. Their debut, Tourist History, was entertaining.
Once upon a time, I actually enjoyed Two Door Cinema Club. Review Summary: Smiling for all the wrong reasons.
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