My week in pictures: Ezra Koenig

Photo shoot for a Japanese magazine. Look at these knuckleheads Photograph: Ezra Koenig

Some employees of our Japanese record label. A lot of people in Japan make a hand-sign when you take their picture. I do it, too, sometimes Photograph: Ezra Koenig

A self-portrait. I like to inhale steam before going onstage – it loosens my vocal cords up. It can be really boring, though Photograph: Ezra Koenig

The Cosby Show was on TV at the hotel in Jakarta. Nice! Unfortunately it wasn’t in English. That’s all right. I love Denise Photograph: Ezra Koenig

I wanted to check out a cat café in Tokyo, where people pay by the hour to sip tea and play with cats. Luckily there was one near our hotel Photograph: Ezra Koenig

This was the coolest cat in the café. I think we really connected. It was on the third floor, so there was a nice view of the street below Photograph: Ezra Koenig

Our guitar tech, Erik, at Bangkok Airport Photograph: Ezra Koenig

This was our bodyguard in Indonesia, Armando. I liked how his t-shirt said "POLICE" on it Photograph: Ezra Koenig

Nami Sezawa (left) is a Japanese journalist we've had the pleasure of talking to quite a bit over the years. Next to her is the translator, Mari Hagihara. Interviews in Japan always take twice as long because of the translation. Occasionally this makes us go crazy Photograph: Ezra Koenig

Sometimes you have to shave in front of your friends. No one said touring was a walk in the park Photograph: Ezra Koenig