We're delighted to welcome one of our favourite acts onto NO ENCORE this week – the resurrected force of blistering math-rock nature that is... Enemies!
A beloved, inventive staple on the independent Irish music scene for the guts of a decade until their disbandment in 2016, the Wicklow quartet were synonymous with a thriving sonic landscape that included contemporaries such as Adebisi Shank, Squarehead, BATS, Not Squares and other fiercely creative cult favourites.
Across their run, Enemies would release three records – 2010's breakthrough debut We've Been Talking, 2013's searching Embark, Embrace, and 2016's farewell record Valuables.
2023 brought news of an unexpected but welcome reunion for the original foursome of Lewis Jackson, Mark O'Brien, Eoin Whitfield, and Oisin Trench. And so it is that we are thrilled to sit down with Lewis and Mark to deep-dive into the entire Enemies story to date.
From mythical house parties and wide-eyed airport-based delusion, to deeply personal demands and unavoidable fractures, to touring the farthest-flung places on the world map and back, to a rebirth that was far from a guarantee – we've been talking, indeed.
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