“We don’t want to go to Hong Kong just to play to English speakers!”

Brouhaha spoke to Sam, guitarist and vocals from Irish indie-pop-rockers Two Door Cinema Club as he waits to board on one of many planes at Geneva Airport. Sam has been on many planes recently due to touring. Watch Sam and the gang here in Hong Kong on the 10^th of August at HITEC. There are no planes at HITEC. Poor Sam.

Do you like hot tropical cities like Hong Kong?

Yeah I don’t think I’ve been to many hot tropical cities. L.A. is probably the hottest one but it’s not tropical. Hong Kong it will be great though. I’m sure it will!

Do you have any preconceptions about Hong Kong?

Good food! Tall buildings! Lots of people and very crowded.

What’s the Chinese food like in Ireland?

Probably not good in terms of being healthy and lovely but yeah we like eating Chinese food. There are a lot of Chinese places there though.

Are you looking forward to eating authentic Chinese food when you’re here?

We won’t be there for very long but yeah it would be great.

Your music video for ‘Undercover Martyn” is played on one of Hong Kong’s popular English entertainment channels. What are your thoughts on being exposed to a more local Chinese audience?

I think it’s a bit more obvious for our music video to be played on English channels because of the language thing but I think our music is up-beat and down-tempo and therefore very accessible to international people. The people that do see us live quite often don’t speak very good English. It would be ideal if it would move to a more local audience actually. We don’t want to go to Hong Kong just to play to English speakers!

In the video, you all seem to be moving very fast. Is that something that can be taught?

We’re just really, really good at moving fast. Also, we had a lot of Red Bull because we were tired at the time.

Are you excited about playing with Delphic here in Hong Kong?

Yeah. We’ve played quite a lot with those guys around the world like in Berlin. We’re good friends and it’s good to be able play somewhere totally different with them.

What’s the best lie you can make up about Two Door Cinema Club for us here in Hong Kong?

We sold out Wembley Arena last week!

Have you seen Toy Story 3 yet?

No I haven’t! Is it even out yet? I haven’t been to the cinema in a while. It’s one of my favourite things to do.

Brouhaha loves cats and it would seem that you do as well. How did you manage to get the cat used on your album cover to sit comfortably with a paper crown on?

That’s a good question. We didn’t actually take the photos ourselves. Another company took it so we don’t know.

Whose cat is it and what’s its name?

Not sure but it belongs to a French man. A friend of a friend.

If Two Door Cinema Club could mold together to be one animal, what animal would that be?

We would be a giraffe. I think they get on with their big necks and grab leaves from trees, which is just great! They’re just a head above the rest. It would be great if we were doing that.

Would you illegally download your music if you weren’t in Two Door Cinema Club?

Not now. I probably would of five years ago.

What’s the best part of your job?

I guess travelling and getting to see all the different places and seeing all the different people.

Thank you Sam, says Alex Lendrum.

The Northern Irish indie pop group will be playing with Manchester’s alternative dance act Delphic on the 10th of this fine month. It’s all happening at Rotunda 3, HITEC and it starts at 20:00. Tickets cost $410 from hkticketing.com

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