“Once More” – In Answer to the Nice Attacks

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A text by Alex in answer to the Nice attacks:

So today, I must resolve to offer you my thoughts, my prayers… My brothers, sisters, friends and loved ones, while I know that my words cannot ease your suffering, or even comfort you, I can only express my most sincere and unconditional love to you… While different, it is this love that unites us and that will be able to build us up… “once more”.

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“Empire of Sorrows” – Artwork Video

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“Empire of Sorrows” is a very significant song for the band. Not only is it the first song we wrote for the album, but it truly represents, on its own, the journey that the album is. It’s also the result of a moment we can refer to as the band’s resurrection. It’s a meaningful one.”
– Alex

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“Both Sides of the Gun” – The First Season

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What is “Both Sides of the Gun” exactly? If we tell you it’s a show where no secrets are allowed, hosted by Jeff, on the band’s official fan club, where the band members expose themselves, would it give you a good glimpse? Watch this video to know what you’re missing out if you aren’t part of the club!

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“Satsuki Yami” – The Mixing Process

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What if you could deconstruct a song, piece it out and isolate each and every one of its layers? Would the meaning be different? Would you recognize the song? Would you notice subtleties you had never heard before? Ben invites you into the mixing process of the song “Satsuki Yami (My Heartbeat)”.

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Album Review: Tokyo Sessions – By Distorted Sound Magazine

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ALBUM REVIEW: BIAM: Tokyo Sessions – Your Favorite Enemies

YOUR FAVORITE ENEMIES have delved deep into themselves to release a new incarnation of their Between Illness and Migration record, Deluxe: Tokyo Sessions, is a new interpretation of the album, with some additional new material.

The aim for this album, it seems, is to create an album that no matter where you come from, creed, colour and ethnicity is merely a forgotten formality the moment you hear this album. Its blend of musical styles all spear headed with an alt-rock sensibility has given the album conviction in its purpose. Regardless of preference, there is something for everyone to take from this, the various interpretations of the music has created an umbrella message in a sense, a unity through individuality if you will.

The compositions themselves are heavily melody driven, even on heavier tracks like Where Did We Lose Each Other, the focus remains on melody. The main factors that push this release to another level seems to stem from its foray into progressive territories, the depth and construction of the music shows a band very in tune with themselves, each other and their audience, at times bordering close musically to Kaleidoscope and in other occasions bordering on the side of Placebo, the diversity of this band is equalled only by their talent and their vision.

For the most part the lyricism throughout the album is poetic, a composition in their own right, adding more reasons to listen to this album countless times, with every listen, comes something new and mind expanding.

As Alex Foster proclaims in I Just Want You to Know, ‘We’re so much more than noise’, and nothing more could be true for this band and album, not one aspect of this album is noise or unnecessary in any sense. YOUR FAVORITE ENEMIES may not be a household name yet, but with messages as profound as the ones contained in this album, it won’t be long until they are.

Rating: 8/10

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Journal de Montréal – YFE ahead of Drake & Beyoncé

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Your Favorite Enemies ahead of Drake and Beyoncé
The Quebec band reach the first position in the iTunes Canada charts.

With no commercial radio playing their music, the Quebec band Your Favorite Enemies made it to the top of the charts on iTunes Canada with its latest album, ahead of Drake, Beyoncé, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Adele.

The formation, hailing from Drummondville, quickly lost its first position to Blink 182.

Nonetheless, the deluxe version of “Between Illness and Migration”, “Tokyo Sessions”, sold 26, 000 copies in Canada since its release on June 17, 2016.

Overall, Your Favorite Enemies have sold 200 000 albums in a dozen countries since the beginning of their career. The band often headlines festivals in China, Japan and Europe, where they enjoy a desirable popularity. But not in Quebec.

No one is a prophet in his own country, does the saying go. But the wind is finally turning, after 10 years, admits the band’s guitarist, Jeff Beaulieu.

“It did take a while before it happened”, says Jeff. “We’re more than happy to finally be able to enjoy this, and not to have to stop by the airport in order to play a show.”

“For us, releasing an album in Quebec, in Canada, is always a little scarier than it is anywhere else in the world. We’re always a little more wary of the reactions. But to see such a response is extraordinary. This is the most wonderful gift we could have had. It’s always been so hard here.”

Making it in the U.S. of A.

The first version of the album “Between Illness and Migration”, released in May 2014 in Canada, knew a similar beginning, making its way into the Canadian top charts alongside Coldplay and The Black Keys. The second version takes its inspiration from a recent concert in Tokyo, where the band members allowed themselves to explore new musical avenues with the same songs, with which they decided to do a new album.

“We made something that includes a little bit of electronic in it. In Japan, you can really try what you want, let go to the music, and people will enjoy”, says Jeff Beaulieu.

Elsewhere in the world, the album “Between Illness and Migration” received raving reviews. One British media even said of Your Favorite Enemies that they were the best thing to come out of Canada since maple bacon, comparing the musical experience to that of Pink Floyd.

Jeff Beaulieu now hopes for a breakthrough in the United States of America, another “difficult-to-pierce market”. He however adds that the band is now discussing the release of their next album with producers from Los Angeles and New York City.

New album coming up in 2017

Your Favorite Enemies have been around for 10 years already. In 2009, they acquired a church in Drummondville that they turned into a recording studio.

Today, Your Favorite Enemies is a collective of 20 people. The band members, proudly independent, do everything themselves: they founded their own label, act as their own manager, and even do their own band t-shirts.

Thanks to word of mouth, to their fans and to their concerts, the band has built a certain popularity. They are now working on a new album, due out early 2017.

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YFE ahead of Drake and Beyoncé

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Today in Quebec’s most distributed French newspaper Le Journal de Montréal / Le Journal de Québec: Your Favorite Enemies ahead of Drake and Beyoncé

If you can read French, you’ll find the article at page 35, a full page where Jeff talks about the new album “Tokyo Sessions”. Or you can try your luck with Google Translate!

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