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Entertainment
Bloc Party

Bloc Party during the filming of Intimacy

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The band set up, and Gordon seems to be having second thoughts about such a huge undertaking Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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Meanwhile, Kele is clearly in the mood to put on a show! Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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Matt, deep in thought as ever. That's why they call him The Thinker Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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Actually, they don't. They call him The Drummer Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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Tea: an integral part of every British album ever made Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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This is what the industry calls 'testing your mic levels', which in normal speak means testing the levels on your microphone. We don't know why they have to make everything sound so complicated Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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Kele pauses to give the camera a doe-eyed gaze Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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Russell makes a coy entrance, stage left Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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Kele prepares to face Russell in a fierce knob-twiddle to the death Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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Clearly overcome with joy, Russell is declared the winner Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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Matt is reminded, once again, that he cannot compete with the knob-twiddlers and must remain a drumming outcast Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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Kele brings the afternoon to a close by swapping his guitar for an instrument that is all knobs and nothing else. That's one in the eye for Russell! Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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'Well, that was fun. Where now? Ice cream?' Photograph: Andy Willsher/guardian.co.uk
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