{"product_id":"enemy-the-betrayal-lp","title":"Enemy - The Betrayal [LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: WJLP52\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 4062548071467\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 06 Oct 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA1\/1. Croydon Smash\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA2\/2. Hollywood Bypass\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA3\/3. Neglecting Number One\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA4\/4. Sun\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA5\/5. Morfar Sixten\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA6\/6. Fiend\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB1\/7. Close Up\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB2\/8. EB\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB3\/9. Manipulate\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB4\/10. Liability\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB5\/11. Croydon Shuffle\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB6\/12. Army of Three\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eENEMY, the trio of drummer James Maddren, pianist Kit Downes and bassist Petter Eldh make their We Jazz Records debut with their third album The Betrayal, out 22 September 2023. After their self-titled debut (Edition, 2018) and the follow up (Vermillion, ECM 2022), the explosive yet lyrical trio is seeking new directions with the 12-track new record, arguably their strongest yet.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Betrayal consists of all original material penned by Downes and Eldh. It's an album of \"purposeful contradictions and a shedding of skin\", a studio recording recorded within the scope of a single day, edited, produced and mixed by the band themselves. In their own words, the band \"doesn't really rehearse, playing a lot live, taking risks, always writing new music, always playing as fresh as possible\", and evolving in the process.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCareful listeners will quickly notice how different from Vermillion the new album is. Where once was echo and reverb, is now rhythmic intensity and a more compact sense of sound. The band sounds closer, their movement seems more focused. If ENEMY would have a motto, it would be \"no risk, no fun\". True to this, The Betrayal has its sudden twists and turns, yet the trio never loses sight of what makes the music theirs. It wouldn't be fair to call them \"experimental\", at least for the sake of using such a vague word, but they do experiment, having fun while at it. Listen to the three albums in one serving and you'll surely hear many directions in music being suggested, tried out, perfected, thrown out, and taken into processing again. You can also hear it within a single track at times.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile being on the move at all times, they have a real \"swing\" in their sound, and there's always a bigger idea for the music than just playing it, whatever it might be at any given moment. Their music is natural, and why not, for it's based on long-time collaboration and friendship.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs Kit Downes once said: \"Whatever the situation is, I'm always looking forward to meeting up with Petter and James again, discussing everything from W.G. Sebald, to Eels, to Mad Max (Fury Road) to East Croydon.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"We Jazz Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42625176862876,"sku":"WJLP52","price":24.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/1_cb10973e-4864-4a36-b254-7f71091392e5.webp?v=1692632109","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/enemy-the-betrayal-lp","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}