VIDEO: The Enemy - It's Automatic

Here is the first video from the fourth studio album by The Enemy due for release on 9th October 2015. The title track, 'It's Automatic' received it's first radio play on XFM's Jon Holmes Breakfast Show today (25/08/15) and went down a storm with fans. The video premiered on NME

Conor Doherty described it saying, "it's different, but sounds brilliant." Twitter user matteos herringos said, "I got goose bumps listening to that! It's bloody massive ..... what a tune!"   Die hard fan, Amy Langham thought the new track was, "big" - saying Jon Holmes should play it again.

Tickets for the November tour and pre-orders for the new album are available now: pledge.com

VIDEO: The Enemy - 'It's Automatic':

XFM PICTURES: A Morning With The Enemy

The Enemy spent the morning with XFM radio and Harriet Armstrong took some great photos of the band while they were in the studio. You can see the pictures and hear the interview on the XFM website. We have also posted the pictures here on The Enemy Unofficial. The Enemy performed 'Saturday' and 'Gimme The Sign' during their time at XFM in London.

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The Enemy Meet Paul Weller During XFM Radio Show

The Enemy met mod legend Paul Weller during their visit to XFM radio as they joined The Sun's Gordon Smart on his regular Smart On Sunday show. The lads drove down to London for the interview but the presenter thought The Enemy had stopped off for a cheeky pint because they were running late!

The Enemy performed Gimme The Sign and Turn It On acoustically - which Tom Clarke admitted after the show he was "crapping it" but the live on air performance had been a "baptism of fire".

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Tom Clarke XFM New Music Award Interview

The XFM New Music Award winner was revealed this week and Tom Clarke was one of the judges who selected the winner. Check out the XFM interview with Tom and find out who won the Award.

Tom Clarke told XFM, "I came down here to go all out for Florence, because she owned 2009. But I think the right decision was probably reached. It's not the obvious one.

That was the bit that swung it for me, the moment that John Leckie mentioned the record had soul. Because most people in the room and most people that buy music would want their record to be real. Florence is amazing and has had so many big tunes this year, but she'll probably win absolutely everything else anyway."

More on the XFM website: HERE

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

Tom Clarke Discusses XFM New Music Award Nominations

The Enemy man has his say on the Xfm New Music Award nominees and here is the XFM article, click the link below and listen to Tom Clarke talking to Dave Berry on XFM radio.

The shortlist for the Xfm New Music Award was announced on January 18 and Tom Clarke of 2008 winners The Enemy - who is one of this year's celebrity judges - came to Xfm to discuss the nominees.

Speaking to Xfm London's Dave Berry, Clarke gave a thumbs up to Band Of Skulls, who were nominated for their album 'Baby Darling Doll Face Honey', saying they were "Mint - They're White Stripes meets Franz Ferdinand. While I don't particularly like Franz, The White Stripes are one of the best bands ever. I can't wait to see Band Of Skulls live."

He also gave backing to Florence And The Machine, claiming: "I love Florence, quite literally, Everything's a tune, everything's been amazing, they've not slipped up once."

However, Clarke was less than enthusiastic for Mumford And Sons' 'Sigh No More', saying the folk-rockers were a "poor man's Elbow. Is there room in the world for Mumford, when you've got Elbow? The vibe is pretty similar."

Listen to the full interview: HERE

The judging for the New Music Award take place on Monday February 1 and the result is announced on Xfm the following day. For more on the nominees, see www.xfm.co.uk/nma

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

Tom Clarke Becomes XFM New Music Award Judge

Tom Clarke is certainly keeping himself busy as it has been announced he has become a judge on the XFM panel to decide which artist will win the XFM New Music Award this year. The Enemy and Glasvegas have previously won the award.

You can pick your favourites for the shortlist and then Tom Clarke and the other judges will choose the best debut of 2009.

Voting continues until January 15, and one lucky voter will win the opportunity to sit on the same panel as Tom Clarke and become an official judge - so head over to XFM and vote now!


Panel of judges:

Ben Cardew, Music Week
Carl Barat, Dirty Pretty Things/The Libertines
Clint Boon, Xfm
David Morgendorff, MTV Digital Media Director
Dave Berry, Xfm
Gordon Smart, The Sun
John Kennedy, Xfm
John Leckie, Radiohead/Stone Roses producer
Peter Hook, Joy Division/New Order
Tim Burgess, The Charlatans
Tom Clarke, The Enemy
Tom Smith, Editors

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

The Enemy In XFM Song of the Decade Countdown

*pic: Norman Records

The Enemy were voted 70th in XFM's 'Song of the Decade' with the smash  hit, 'Away From Here'. The band's second single appeared on their debut album 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns', which won Xfm's New Music Award in 2008 as the best debut album of the year.

The single entered the UK charts at #8 in April 2007 and became a firm favourite with the fans.

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

Vote For The Enemy In XFM's Song Of The Decade

Remember how you felt in 2007 when The Enemy released 'Away From Here'? Well now you can vote for The Enemy as part of XFM's 'Song Of The Decade'. The radio station will  be playing the Top 100 Songs Of The Decade on Saturday November 28 between 11am and 7pm and your vote could win you 100 free iTunes downloads. XFM will select 10 winners at random, so head over to the XFM website HERE and cast your votes.

Show your support for The Enemy by voting for 'Away From Here' as your 'Song Of The Decade'

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

Tom Clarke DJ's On XFM Radio - Final Part

Tom Clarke was back on XFM radio for the final part of his Sunday residency between 9pm and 10pm, kicking off with the brand new single 'It's Not OK'.

The Enemy frontman played a whole host of his favourite tunes on his iPod from The Specials to Morrissey - you can listen to the broadcast HERE.

Tom shared some stories behind his choices throughout the hour on Sunday evening on XFM, for one last time.

Visit XFM radio for some great tunes, interviews and competitions.

* Also visit: http://theenemy.eu

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

Tom Clarke DJ's On XFM - Part 4

Tom Clarke was back on XFM radio with the fourth part of his Sunday residency between 9pm and 10pm, kicking off with the brand new single 'Be Somebody'.

The Enemy frontman played a whole host of his favourite tunes from Blur to the Arctic Monkeys - you can listen to the broadcast HERE.

Tom shared some stories behind his choices throughout the hour on Sunday evening on XFM, and even played his favourite Madonna track.

Visit XFM radio for some great tunes, interviews and competitions.

* Also visit: http://theenemy.eu

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

Tom Clarke DJ's on XFM - Part 3

Tom Clarke was back on XFM radio for part three of his Sunday residency between 9pm and 10pm, kicking off with 'Away From Here'.

The Enemy frontman played a whole host of his favourite tunes from 10CC to Manic Street Preachers - you can listen to the broadcast HERE.

Tom shared some stories behind his choices throughout the hour on Sunday evening on XFM, including glowing words for up and coming Manchester band Twisted Wheel.

Visit XFM radio for some great tunes, interviews and competitions.

* Also visit: http://theenemy.eu

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

Tom Clarke DJ's On XFM - Part Two

Tom Clarke was back on XFM radio for part two of his Sunday residency between 9pm and 10pm, kicking off with 'No Time For Tears'.
The Enemy frontman played a whole host of his favourite tunes from The Last Shadow Puppets to Kim Wilde and you can listen to the broadcast HERE. Tom shared some stories behind his choices throughout the hour on Sunday evening on XFM.

Visit XFM radio for some great tunes, interviews and competitions.

* Also visit: http://theenemy.eu

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

Tom Clarke XFM Radio Residency

Tom Clarke is back on XFM radio as he takes up residence every Sunday evening between 9pm and 10pm during the month of August. The Enemy frontman will be playing a whole host of his favourite tunes from Blur to Blondie and you can listen to the broadcast HERE. Tom will be sharing some stories behind his choices and chin wagging throughout the hour each Sunday evening on XFM.

Visit XFM radio for some great tunes, interviews and competitions.

* Also visit: http://theenemy.eu

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

PICTURES: The Enemy At XFM Studio

The Enemy were back at XFM for 'An Evening With', as they promoted 'Music For The People' and the official website has a whole host of pictures from behind the scenes. If you missed the interview then you can check it out here . The whole collection of photos featuring The Enemy at Xfm are in the gallery here.

* As seen on: http://theenemy.eu

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

XFM: An Evening With The Enemy

The Enemy decided to spend some time with XFM as their album hit the shops. We don’t need to tell you it’s an absolutely massive album and the live preview of a few of those songs were also suitably block-busting.

XFM's Steve Harris expertly steered the evening once more and Tom, Liam and Andy were on sparkling form as they were interviewed before playing each track.

Here’s your chance to re-live those glorious few hours now…

Listen To Part 1 Of The Interview

Listen To Part 2 Of The Interview

Listen To Part 3 Of The Interview

Listen To Part 4 Of The Interview

And listen to the session tracks below…

Listen to the live tracks from this session:

The Enemy 'Elephant Song' Listen

The Enemy 'Sing When You’re In Love' Listen

The Enemy 'No Time For Tears' Listen

The Enemy 'You’re Not Alone' Listen

*Source: XFM RADIO

* As seen on: http://theenemy.eu

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

The Enemy Talk To XFM About New Album

The Enemy headed back to XFM radio for an interview with John Kennedy who talked to Tom, Liam and Andy 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 XFM 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

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*Source: XFM

* As seen on: http://theenemy.eu

* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

Tom Clarke's Tour Diary - Day 3

XFM.COM - Tom Clarke's Tour Diary - Day 3
February 24 – Escobar, Wakefield

It’s pretty non-stop on tour, especially on little tours like this. We’ll get up, get in a car, travel to the gig, get to the gig, sound check, grab some food and then after that you’ve normally got five phone interviews to do.

After that, you play the gig. If you didn’t get time for the interviews beforehand, you get back on the phone after the show. Once that’s all done, you get back in the car and travel to the next gig.

After all that, playing the show is actually a bit of a relief. You can spend up to six hours in a car tapping your foot and going through every tune on your iPod. Once you get on stage, you buzz off it and let it all out.

Wakefield was quality, it’s been one of my favourites. It was totally mental. All the locals were bang into it and the new stuff went down really well, which is a great sign.

The difference between a good show and a great show is the crowd. We always have a good gig, we don’t really have bad gigs – we buzz off each other when we’re on stage. What makes a great gig, and a memorable gig, is when the crowd’s going mental. Those are the sorts of things you remember, that’s what sets it apart.

Wakefield was definitely one of those. It was a tiny little mental room full of mad-heads. It was the hottest gig ever as well. I’ve never sweated so much in my life.

We’ve got a few days off now, but it’s not really ‘days off’. We’re off to the NME awards tonight, which will be good. It’ll be nice to show our faces and see who’s winning stuff. After that, it’s a travel day and then we’ll be iTunbridge Wells. Bring it on.

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* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

Interviews: Tom Clarke's Tour Diary

Those lovely people at XFM Radio have really shown their support for The Enemy once again, this time the XFM website is home to the 'Tom Clarke Tour Diary'. The lead singer will be jotting down some thoughts while out on the road in the UK.

Here is the first page from the diary (keep checking XFM.COM for more updates):

Basically, where we're from, you hardly ever get touring bands coming through and there's lots of places – Dundee,

Wakefield, York and Corby – that big touring bands never bother to visit. I think it's a bit unfair to forget that it’s the people in these towns that buy your music and put you where you are.

If we were sat in our local pub in Coventry and a band who’s albums we’d bought was playing, we’d be absolutely buzzing. That’s why we decided to do this tour of small venues – we didn’t let anyone stand in our way.

We've done the Ricoh Arena, massive arenas with the Stereophonics, the O2 with The Rolling Stones – we've done our fair share of massive places, but I always enjoy getting into a proper nitty-gritty venue. Last night in York, the only thing between me and the fans was my monitor, and that's a beautiful thing when you're there and in the same room, face-to-face with your fans.

The venue itself was quality. The clue’s in the title, but it was a shrine to The Stone Roses, among other greats. Legally the capacity was about 100-150, but how many people we had in there was another thing entirely.
We played a long set - we put in six tunes off the new album. The new stuff went down better than I ever imagined. I can never work it out, but whenever you write a new song, you play it at a gig for the first time and people start singing along immediately. How the hell does that happen?

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* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

The Enemy: ‘Second Album Was A Pleasure To Make’

Tom Clarke and co. reveal the ‘difficult second album’ was anything but. You can hear the new single ‘No Time For Tears’

on XFM Radio

Tom Clarke spoke to Steve Harris last night about making the band’s second album, ‘Music For The People’. Far from being a difficult process, the singer revealed it was an easier album to make than their debut.

“It was a lot easier than the first one. People refer to the second as a ‘difficult’ album, because for a lot of bands it’s make-or-break and they rush it. We’ve given it the proper time to mature... It’s been a pleasure to make, to be honest with you”.

With lead-off single ‘No Time For Tears’ sounding suitably huge, the album follows suit with a raft of classic-sounding rock and gigantic ballads.

“We’re all massively proud of it. We’ve obviously taken a bit longer than a lot of bands lately have taken to make records. And I think that’s right. If you look back at classic records and classic bands it’s always taken this amount of time to make a record”.

You can hear the first fruits of the album right now.

Listen to the band’s new single ‘No Time For Tears’.

And hear the full interview with Tom Clarke right now.

You can also win tickets to The Enemy's secret warm-up shows by heading here.

*Source: XFM.COM

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* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

Win Tickets To The Enemy's Intimate Shows

The Enemy are playing five tiny venues ahead of their mammoth March/April UK tour. XFM are giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets for your chosen show! Can you guess the connection between the pictures..

The Enemy are embarking on a super-exclusive, warm-up tour of intimate venues. It’s ahead of their eagerly awaited second album ‘Music For The People’ and the mammoth UK tour that follows in March and April.

The dates and towns of these tiny shows are as follows:

February 2009:

20 – York
23 – Dundee
24 – Wakefield
27 – Tunbridge Wells
28 – Corby

XFM have got two pairs of tickets for each of the five gigs. All you’ve got to do is tell XFM the connection between the artists in the gallery, tell XFM which gig you’d like to attend and then keep it all crossed.

Launch the gallery now!

Go to the XFM website to to answer the question and enter to competition.

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