The Enemy On ‘Music For The People’
John Kennedy talks to Tom, Liam and Andy from The Enemy on their second album, ‘Music For The People’. Hear their track-by-track interview now.
The Enemy’s debut created waves on the scale of a tsunami. It was so vital, fresh and exciting we even awarded it our very first Xfm ‘New Music Award’. The big question, we thought, was how you follow it up.
The answer, however, was very, very simple. You come back with a bigger, bolder and better record that not just puts their debut in the shade, but pretty much everything else we’ve heard since. John Kennedy was suitably enthused by it and pulled the band in for an in-depth track-by-track interview.
You can listen to the full fifty minute interview again right here:
Part 1: The Enemy talk about the evocative title and the recording of their second album. [Hear The Full Answer Now]
Part 2: ‘Elephant Song’ and ‘No Time For Tears’ open the album. Tom, Liam and Andy talk about these block-busting tracks. [Hear The Full Answer Now]
Part 3: ‘51st State’ sees the band revert to Clash-influenced territory and ‘Sing When You’re In Love’ is an old favourite re-visited. [Hear The Full Answer Now]
Part 4: A string-laden ‘Last Goodbye’ and the national identity-baiting ‘Nation Of Checkout Girls’ gets discussed. [Hear The Full Answer Now]
Part 5: The band put ‘Don’t Break The Red Tape’ under the microscope. [Hear The Full Answer Now]
Part 6: ‘Be Somebody’ is next, a track that’s become one of Tom’s favourites. [Hear The Full Answer Now]
Part 7: Talk of the final two tracks, ‘Keep Losing’ and ‘Silver Spoon’, close the chat. [Hear The Full Answer Now]
Don't forget The Enemy will be in the studio live on Monday April 27 on Steve Harris's Evening Show as part of Xfm's "Evening With..." sessions!
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