The Cinematics

The Cinematics formed in Northern Ireland in the early 2000s, with brothers David and Martin McAlinden and their schoolmate Robert Boyd. Their debut album 'A Strange Education' came out in 2006, mixing folk and electronica with what people called cinematic soundscapes. The title track became their most recognizable song, with David McAlinden's lyrics touching on isolation and self-discovery.

They followed that album with 'The Art of Falling Apart' in 2008, then 'Tomorrow's World' in 2014, and 'The Last Ship' in 2017. Other songs like 'All These Things' and 'Break' show the same thoughtful, melodic approach that defined their early work.

In 2010 they dealt with a legal dispute over an unauthorized sample in a song called 'Waiting for the Moon,' which brought some attention to copyright questions in digital music. They kept recording through it, though, and their sound shifted gradually across those later albums without losing that initial atmospheric quality.