Not of this world, hair-raising opener ‘Messenger AD’ prepares you for the stratospheric and kaleidoscopic journey TDCC take listeners on with Keep On Smiling. The LP’s artwork was created by acclaimed British artist, Alan Fears, known for his vibrant, 80s-inspired style and pop culture references, his signature colorful, theatrical, often humorous and elementally positive paintings lend themselves perfectly to visually encapsulate the themes of Keep On Smiling. The album was written and produced by the band both during and coming out of lockdown, with additional production from Jacknife Lee (Bloc Party, The Killers, Taylor Swift) and Dan Grech Marguerat (Halsey, Lana Del Rey, George Ezra). local time via the time and space to fully immerse themselves in the writing and recording process, the band adopted a freer, more collaborative approach to the creative process with Keep On Smiling. Check out all the dates on Two Door Cinema Club’s stateside romp below, with all dates featuring Day Wave as opener (nice!), and note that tickets to all shows go on sale Friday (June 24) at 10 a.m. And it should sound huge when brought to North American shores later in the year. It’s the follow-up to 2019’s well-received False Alarm, and this new tune is heralded in a press release from the band as “a nod back to the pure rush of Two Door Cinema Club’s early output.” And that’s because Two Door Cinema Club hit us with the old one-two this past Friday (June 17), dropping a vibrant indie dance track called “Wonderful Life,” and with it a fall North American tour that lands at Boston’s Roadrunner on November 2.Įxpectedly infectious, “Wonderful Life” is the first track from the enduring Irish band’s forthcoming fifth studio album Keep On Smiling, out digitally September 2. I’m in the combination New Sounds + Band in the USA article.

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