

In July 2009, Two Door Cinema Club began recording its debut album at Eastcote Studios in London, with Eliot James. For the tenth anniversary of the EP, the band publicly released it in March 2018.

The EP was self-recorded and produced and was mixed and mastered by Ryan Mitchell.

History Early releases and Four Words to Stand On (2007–2009) Īn EP entitled Four Words to Stand On was released on 26 March 2008 and received attention on a number of websites. Following an increased interest in the band's social network page, the three members forwent their university places and commenced work on studio material. The new band's name was taken from Halliday's mispronunciation of the name of the local cinema, the Tudor Cinema in 2007, Two Door Cinema Club was formed. An interim drummer by the name of Owen Bullington was appointed but was kicked out due to creative differences. Trimble, Halliday and Baird formed another band shortly after the demise of their first musical project on this occasion, a permanent drummer was not included. Life Without Rory recorded three demos before disbanding the first, "Safe in Silence" and the second, "Conscripted By Choice" are still on the band's inactive MySpace page, while the third "You Missed the Point" can be viewed on YouTube. 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.
