12\/12\/12<\/p>\n
Osaka- Namba Hatch<\/p>\n
Two Door Cinema Club are a three piece indie band that flew all the way from Northern Ireland to perform at Osaka\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very own Namba Hatch. They consist of 2 parts grammar school nerd to 1 part cool kid; Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths & more) Sam Halliday (lead guitar and backing vocals), and Kevin Baird (bass and backing vocals). Listing Alex\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s qualifications alone allows us to imagine the full scope of their melodic genre.<\/p>\n
If the Two Door sound waves have yet to reach you, think: catchy beats, elongated vowel sounds, jittering limbs, the urge to dance using a shoulder\/ head nod combination and of course there are those mellower tunes that balance out any indie record. All in all they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re an inoffensive, easy-going, honest band that can be enjoyed on any public transport, night out or a quiet night under the kotatsu.<\/p>\n
With two albums under their young belts, the twenty-somethings ventured to Japan to showcase their proud new album Beacon<\/em> (and to remind everyone of the joys of their debut, Tourist History<\/em>).<\/p>\n The nerd:cool kid ratio of the band reflected on their audience; Japanese geek-chic hipsters sporting over-sized thick-framed glasses and cat-eared winter hats, plus those eager fans fashioning their newly bought band T-shirts. The rowdy nature expected of these indie scenesters was nowhere to be seen; instead a polite, patient crowd was stood before the stage.<\/p>\n As three silhouettes emerged, the near-silent audience soon vanished, taken over by an army of synchronized clapping, whooping and fist-pumping fans. A well placed crescendo of appreciation welcomed the stars of the show. The pyrotechnics kicked in, vibrantly supporting the sound of the fairytale-like intro of the newly released Sleep Alone<\/em>.<\/p>\n The boys were allowing their Northern Irish charm to lead the show, adding periodic hair-flicking and just the one, shy, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Arigotou\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. You can just imagine what the girls were like. Alex exuded a playful arrogance with questionable hand movements the audience were just eating up- oishii desu ne!<\/p>\n The sensibly rocked-out performance was fired up by the release of a dozen large, white balloons, volleyed by the crowd and band alike. This is Two Door Cinema Club summed up in one action; light-hearted, innocently young and prioritising the happiness of their audience.<\/p>\n Cue What You Know<\/em> for a winning encore and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re outta here, balloon in hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 12\/12\/12 Osaka- Namba Hatch Two Door Cinema Club are a three piece indie band that flew all the way from Northern Ireland to perform at Osaka\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very own Namba Hatch. They consist of 2 parts grammar school nerd to 1 part cool kid; Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths & more) Sam Halliday (lead…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":2316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"categories":[388,318,244],"tags":[297],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2-door.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}