Six years ago, Two Door Cinema club were in exactly the same place as they are today. Sat backstage at Reading Festival, the outfit are readying for a performance on the NME stage. The difference now is that instead of the middle of the day, the group are making their mark as headliners.
“We played when LCD Soundsystem were headlining,” Sam Halliday recalls. “We were big fans then. To see yourself in that position now is a bit mad.” “I was looking at the line up and we were so far down the bill,” Kevin Baird laughs. They might’ve been early on, but the trio make no bones about how much that moment impacted them. “It was a real game changer,” Alex Trimble enthuses. “Our lives were never the same after we played that show.”
Setting them on a path that’s seen the band release two albums and tour all across the world, it’s been a gradual but almost inevitable climb for the three-piece. “I guess we’re kind of ready to do it,” Kevin mulls. “It’s just kind of slowly percolated. We never really did anything we weren’t ready to do. Every time we come back with a new album it takes it to a new step.”
