It was a rainy afternoon when we first heard Two Door Cinema Club's Sun back in 2012. As they eased from their dreamy introductory slow-tempo chords to a compulsive groove, we were soon up on our feet, gloom set aside, moving to the up-tempo tunes.

There aren't too many indie outfits that manage to mix dream pop and pure indie, but this Irish outfit has achieved that since its inception in 2007, and then some. For the influence of their music now echoes in the indie scene in Britain and India as well.