Barely speaking, they bottled up disagreements and bit their tongue with the belief that all this hard work would eventually pay off. Alex, guitarist Sam Halliday and bassist Kevin Baird weren’t on good terms. This came after months of tension within the group. He was physically incapable of boarding a plane to go home, and found himself stranded in a Seattle hospital. Frontman Alex Trimble, already in the depths of a nervous breakdown, developed stomach ulcers. But their Latitude spot coincided with the band’s breaking point.

In June 2014, Two Door Cinema Club were on the brink of headlining their first big UK festival. Others believe they’re dealing with it just fine, but then the cogs and gears begin to tumble.

Some people are cut out for becoming superstars, capable of maintaining sanity thousands of miles away from home, able to deal with demand from fans and industry alike, press intrusiveness, working with a body clock that’s always out of sync. Accolades like the BRITs, Grammys and the Mercury Prize remain unclaimed, so why not strive for all three at once? A bigger audience is always out there somewhere. With increasing demand comes more reasons to book another tour and make a new record. With each chance to sit back and take stock, out steps another opportunity. Now they’re speaking out, addressing creative differences, mental health and how they rediscovered themselves after hitting self-destruct.īeing in a successful band is like sitting in a merry-go-round that never stops. Suddenly, these future headliners had to rethink everything. Hospitalisation, alcoholism and depression cut short all plans and any momentum they’d built in a whirlwind five years. But for Two Door Cinema Club, they were literally forced to put everything on hold. ‘Hiatus’ is a convenient word to use for when bands fancy a break.

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