
The three first performed as a band at the age of 16 on ATL Rock School under the name Life Without Rory the band finished in last place. Trimble and Halliday first met while attending Bangor Grammar School the pair later met Baird while he was flirting with girls who were known to his future bandmates.

Tourist History was selected for the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year (2010) the following year.


In the United States, where the band are signed to Glassnote Records, the album was released on 27 April 2010. The band's debut album, Tourist History, was released on 1 March 2010 by French independent record label Kitsuné Music. The band formed in 2007 and is composed of three members: Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths), Sam Halliday (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Kevin Baird (bass, synths, backing vocals). Two Door Cinema Club are a band from Northern Ireland.
