London Grammar: ‘We were hanging by a thread’

Four years ago, London Grammar’s ascent was halted by stage fright, exhaustion and booze. With the release of their second album, Hannah J Davies meets the trio in Paris to talk about doing things differentlyIn July 2014, Hannah Reid was supposed to catch a flight to Australia. She and the other members of chart-topping electropop trio London Grammar were due to headline a festival in New South Wales following a US tour, before heading straight to Japan the next day and then back to the US