The Enemy

If you happen to be young, intelligent and restless, Coventry is a surprisingly inspiring place to be today- if only for all the wrong reasons.

What was a once proud, vibrant town that was known around the world for its motoring exports (Jaguar, Peugeot) has succumbed to economic progress and is fast becoming an identikit British city of chain stores, franchised nightlife and abundant apathy.

After spending the first 18 years of life watching the soul get ripped out of their hometown, the three members of The Enemy are determined to connect their own frustrations up with that of an entire country.

Already mutual friends beforehand, The Enemy became genuine music allies in March of 2006. Initially, the main motivation for the band was simply boredom in its many forms. "There's nothing to do," states Tom bluntly. "Although I did most of my growing up in Birmingham, it's still very similar to Coventry when it comes to being bored. You're either down the pub or you're not, so starting a band represented doing something a bit different to everyone else we know." What started out as an exercise in keeping themselves occupied soon developed into something more serious as the band realized that a) what they were doing was really, really good and b) they preferred it more to their day jobs by a distance of several light years.

With the songs continuing to come thick and fast and the lofty comparisons to such luminaries as Oasis and Kasabian adding an element of early vindication, sticking with it seems like the only sensible option. The Enemy intend to reiterate that being working class doesn't have to be merely another incarnation of adult slavery. "Why should you just accept that life is just work and work and work until you die? If you actually stop to question your regular routine, you'd be pissed off. All you're doing is making someone else a lot of money. I'm not trying to be Billy Bragg or even to be political necessarily, we just want people to wake up".

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