Enemies

Hailing from the small village of Kilcoole on the east coast of Ireland, Enemies spent the latter years of the 2000s honing a unique style of intricate, instrumental, technicolour guitar music. With the release of debut album We've Been Talking in 2009, the band staked their claim as heavy hitters on the international math/post-rock scene. Prior to the album’s release, the band had been signed to Japanese label Machupicchu Indistrias and had toured Japan in support of math-rock royalty toe. Enemies became part of Irish indie label Richter Collective, forging close friendships and tearing-up festival tents with And So I Watch You from Afar and Adebisi Shank. They toured frequently across Europe and Asia. The band gradually caught the attention of alternative labels across the US, and in 2013 signed to Topshelf Records for their second album; the appropriately-titled Embark, Embrace. Extensive tours of the US, Europe and Asia would follow. Enemies continued touring and performing at festivals across Europe and North America until 2016, with memorable sets at SXSW, CMJ and ArcTanGent. In 2016, having toured the US coast-to-coast, the band announced that third album Valuables would be their last. Enemies finished off 2016 with their largest ever Irish show at Dublin’s Vicar Street. Writing for The Thin Air, Eoin Murray described the event as “a triumph; one of those gigs where every exchange between the audience and the performers felt sincere and purposeful.”