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As Elbow were applying the finishing touches to their imminent fifth album in December, they let LAUREN MURPHYin to their Salford studio to tell her about going global just as they’re settling down in Manchester – and how you know you’ve made it when you’re adorning fridge magnets

GUY GARVEY is sitting across the table with a mug of steaming tea and two chocolate biscuits, gazing in wonder at the fridge magnet I’ve just handed him. ‘F***in’ ’ell, Pete, look at that!” he exclaims, nudging his bandmate. The magnet, spotted this morning at a city-centre market stall hawking all things northern, bears the inscription “‘They return the love around here, don’t they?’ – Guy Garvey on Manchester”.