The Enemy return with the April 27 release of a bold new album, Music For The People. That will be preceded by the single, No Time For Tears, on April 13.

The follow-ups to their chart-topping debut We’ll Live And Die In These Towns was recorded at Monnow Valley Studios towards the close of 2008 with producer Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight).

Vocalist/guitarist Tom Clarke said: “People have forgotten how to record proper rock ‘n’ roll records.

“That’s what we wanted to do. This is a great sounding record made from the school of the old but has got some brand spanking new anthems that are undeniable on it.”

No Time For Tears sees the band experimenting with delicate pianos, howling guitars yet contains a very real and direct message the listener will immediate identify with.

“It’s a monster,” admits Tom. “The song is about how no matter how s*** things are getting or how hard and ridiculous the struggle is, you can’t give up the fight.

“Hopefully people will relate to that with what’s going on at the moment in the world. You have to keep giving it your all.

“At all our gigs there’s always been people from every walk of life, it’s something I’m quite proud of, our crowds are quite classless,” says Tom of the album’s title.

“We don’t make music for a little niche of people, we make it for absolutely everyone.”

The Enemy will play their first major dates in support of the new album when they embark on a long sold-out UK tour throughout March and April, including gigs at Birmingham Academy on March 30 and 31.