It was just from seeing those guys play in church halls and little things like that when we were young teenagers that allowed us to think we could do that. They weren’t signed to any record labels or didn’t have any albums out, they were just there in the local scene. It wasn’t really until we saw other bands in Belfast who were just like my and Kevin’s older brother and sister’s friends. mostly through the local music scene in Belfast, when we were 13, 14. Sam Halliday: I grew up in Bangor, in Northern Ireland, which is pretty close to Belfast. Halliday reports to Under the Radar from the band’s tour bus, just prior to show time.įrank Valish: Can you tell me a bit about where you grew up and what sort of things were formative for you in terms of choosing this path? Halliday and his mates, vocalist/guitarist Alex Trimble and bassist Kevin Baird, haven’t burnt out quite yet though, and finally they can see the light at the end of the tunnel in some time off at the end of the year when they’ll begin a different kind of work, writing some new songs.

As guitarist Sam Halliday reports, from the road (surprise) prior to an October gig in Philadelphia, the band can count its days off since the album’s release on one hand.

If it seems to you that Irish trio Two Door Cinema Club has been on the road almost constantly since its debut, Tourist History, came out in early 2010, you’d be pretty much right.

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