The New Enemy
Outsourced
By Keith Carman

The further we progress from mid-’90s hardcore, the more appealing (read: nostalgic) it becomes. No one embraces this under-acknowledged piece of punk rock past more than the New Enemy. With a hammering rhythmic attack reminiscent of Kid Dynamite, brash vocals equivalent to the Dillinger Escape Plan and harmonies yanked from some of Avail’s finer moments, this throwback quartet are spot on through an ephemeral six-song EP. Embittered yet forward-thinking, persistent and zealous, the New Enemy fit in perfectly with newer acts such as Cloak/Dagger and New Mexican Disaster Squad, albeit with slightly rougher edges that lean towards Agnostic Front-ish confrontational attitude. If Outsourced is any indication of the New Enemy’s potential, they are very well Toronto’s greatest hope for retrospective hardcore. (Independent)

Thanks, Exclaim!

Jul 3rd, 2008 9:00pm The Bovine Sex Club, Toronto, ON
Political Hardcore Punk Rock Show with P.D.H, The New Enemy, and Dead City Citizens.

Good times.

See you there,

Declan

Anyway, it’s there and… umm… we think it’s DRM free.

Here’s to hoping.

-Declan

Canuck’s love their own! The June issue of Canada’s Exclaim Magazine has a review for Outsourced EP. We’re featured on the June 9th episode of Canadian Punk Podcast, available from iTunes and on their website. We’re also a featured band on Toronto Punk MySpace. And thanks to the guys at Punkorama on 102.1 The Edge for their continued support.

While being international playboys, constantly circling the globe, we’ve made friends with Sweden’s So What Blog and Portugal’s Moo Musica. The Punk Site have us as a featured band for June. Fuck you Chad Kroeger! We’re GJK Promotions Artist of the Day, and you’re not.

Oh yeah, we’re putting a Toronto show together for the start of July. It’s looking like July 3rd at The Bovine. PDH and Hazardous Waste are down. It’s gonna kick some serious fucking ass.

Cheers, Clint

From our show May 29th at Clinton’s Tavern in Toronto with The Artist Life, The Swellers & The Little Millionaires.

For those that were listening to Punkorama last night, you would have noticed that Barry Taylor and JD were kind enough to play “The Way” off our debut album “Outsourced EP” - along with giving some plugs to the show at Clinton’s with The Artist Life, The Swellers, The Little Millionaires on May 29th.

It’s great to know that there are shows like Punkorama that still support grass roots punk in all it’s glory.

Thanks again to Barry & JD.

TNE really appreciates it.

See you next Thursday,

Dec

We’re happy to announce that we are going to be playing a great punk show with The Artist Life, The Swellers and The Little Millionaires at Clinton’s May 29th, 2008. Doors are at 9pm, tickets are $7.

This is a kick-off show for The Artist’s Life / The Swellers Canadian Tour.

See ya’ll there.

Declan

Our first summer show has been booked! We’ll be playing Friday July 11th @ The Embassy in London. Sounds like it’s gonna be a crazy line-up. More details to come…

Music websites and blogs just can’t get enough of The New Enemy. Stories have recently been posted about us on PunkNews.org, DownloadPunk.com, Rocker Report, Skinheads.net, M-E-C, Street Lights Dance, ZonaPunk (Brazil), and Fomp.de (Germany).

More online radio to report - Give us a listen at Evil Towers Radio (UK) and Extreme Radio America.

And don’t forget, you can still download “Outsourced EP” for FREE!

Cheers, Clint

“Outsouced EP” is already getting radio play! You can hear us on CFRU’s The Punk Show. We’re on CBC’s Radio 3 over Sirius Radio and online. And check-out PsychoRadio for streaming tunes.

News stories have been written about “Outsourced EP” at PunkNews.org Truth Explosion Magazine, AbsolutePunk, The Punk Site, and Music ‘n’ Punk (France).

Stay tuned… we’ll try to do weekly updates as things progress.

Later, Clint

The EP can also be purchased online through Interpunk here.

http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=89593