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TS: I joined the band in Athens, after a three-year gap since my last session with them. After they’d played a show there I remember we travelled from Greece to Berlin the next morning, and Thom and Jonny decided that they were going to get the train, rather than travel on the tour bus — so I said, I’ll go with you guys! Much more civilised. I was on the trip to document it, and of course the band didn’t want to be photographed at 8.30 in the morning on a train platform, but thankfully they obliged me as I think they’re interesting shots. I shot their sound check ahead of a show with a panoramic XPan camera, which gives a nice wide view without any distortion. You can see the band are relaxed and laughing, which despite the image they sometimes project is exactly how I remember them. There was already a bit of humour flying around, which I found very endearing. But then bang, with the flick of a switch they’re into some of the greatest, deepest music ever made. It’s incredible really. In the same way, I love the dressing room pictures of the Greenwood brothers. It’s how I remember them. If Jonny’s not playing guitar or fiddling with switches and dials then he’s reading. He never wastes time. None of the band do. They devour culture, which makes them inspiring to be around.

sources: EMI promos / Uncut / 'Climbing up the walls' photoalbum

credits: qwerrie, idiotequemoron

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