“Yeah, it was really great,” he says, before laughing. Given that they’re another band from Bangor, was it an important gig for them? Two Door Cinema Club were one of the acts who joined Snow Patrol for their seminal Ward Park gig in May. If we weren’t able to get up on stage and do what we do after a five hour layover or something, we wouldn’t be doing it at all.” That’s the most enjoyable part of our day. And even now, despite the times where you’re tired or you’re in a bad mood, we’ll forget all that as soon as we step out on stage. “Even when it was at its worst, there were still parts of it that we enjoyed. It was a pressure cooker sometimes, and we had to let it explode before we got the pot back on the simmer.” We weren’t very good at communicating with each other, and we weren’t always able to stand up and say, ‘Look I don’t like this’. And that manifests itself when you have to spend a lot of time together making music. That played a part in the struggle to figure out who each of us was. Those first formative adult years, between 18 to 23, were the most intense in our lives.
I mean, we were teenagers when we started out, and we had to have that transition into adulthood while being in a band that was doing well. “A lot of them were just common things for young men. What they were doing wrong in the past that led to those mental problems? Because ultimately, none of us want to go back to playing shows or being in a band and not enjoying. “So even when we’re away from home and on the road, we’re much better at looking after each other and checking in with ourselves and being as happy as can be. It was more a case of us getting into a mental space that pushed us over the edge and led to us needing to take some time off. “But in the past, the workload was only part of the problem for us. “I think we’re slightly more cautious than we were in the past,” Kevin says. Having been in this game for over a decade now, are they better at saying ‘enough’s enough’ when it comes to touring, or do they still like to gig as much as possible? We’ve got a lot of exciting stuff this summer.” “It’s a good problem to have – and the gigs have been great. But I don’t know… With every year and every album, it feels like more people want a piece of you.” I feel like when we were younger we thought, ‘We’ll get a bit more successful and we’ll start playing later at festivals and that’ll just mean that we’ll have less work to do’. “It’s been good,” he nods, chilling in his London home. Early success, coupled with a sometimes rigorous touring schedule and a litany of critics who wanted to compare everything they released to the success of their first album, has meant that Two Door Cinema Club have had their own share of difficulties.ĭespite this, Kevin Baird is happy to be back on the road again. But they’ve sometimes found themselves as victims of their own success. In the years which followed, Two Door Cinema Club have continued to impress with each album release. A clean-cut gem of an album, it secured their spot at the top of a massive pile of electro-indie-rock artists, which spawned in the late ‘00s, It also paved the way for global stardom. It’s been nearly 10 years since the release of the Bangor band’s debut, Tourist History. He’s in the midst of a busy summertime festival schedule, which has seen himself, Alex Trimble and Sam Halliday perform everywhere from Glastonbury to Vienna. Kevin Baird is having a well-deserved day off.
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