When Alex Foster (vocals), Jeff Beaulieu (guitar), Sef (guitar), Ben Lemelin (bass), Miss Isabel (vocals and keys) and Charles Moose Allicy (drums) got together to form Your Favorite Enemies in 2006, they decided to manage every single aspect of the band's career based on their community values and their "do it yourself" attitude. Already known for their commitment towards human rights, Foster being a fervent spokesperson for Amnesty International and a passionate youth speaker, Your Favorite Enemies' distinctive blend of dirty and polished types of melodic textures and their introspective and empowering lyrics instantaneously attracted musical fanatics from all over the world, who organically and spontaneously turned their passion for the band into an incredible multitude of street teams, communities, fan sites and forums emerging in every major city on the planet.
Therefore, inspired by such astounding support and inundated by an impressive number of requests to buy Your Favorite Enemies’ nowhere-to-be-found music, the 6 musicians decided to create the label Hopeful Tragedy Records in April 2007 in order to offer the self-produced 5-song EP and fan-exclusive "And If I Was To Die In the Morning… Would I Still Be Sleeping With You"; released on June 1st, for only $10 worldwide, shipping included. However, facing a strong reluctance and a major lack of support from the band's former advisers, who doubted that any potential success would come out of such a daring operation, the musicians kept their vision of honoring their fans' loyalty with a ridiculously low and worldly-standardized cost for anyone wishing to purchase their EP, from Montreal to Tokyo.
Since many people were expecting a monumental flop and a damaging move for the band's career, the decision to create a record label in order to sell their EP via their own online store turned out to be the determinant turning point for Your Favorite Enemies. The Montreal musicians ended 2007 with more than 30 thousand copies sold of their EP, a first European promotional headlining tour, unbelievable coverage by major international media, the creation of Hopeful Tragedy Records' multimedia branch dedicated to the development of new web initiatives and the production of a weekly podcast show on "YFE-TV"; different elements turning Your Favorite Enemies into one of the most exciting new "Do It Yourself" bands to emerge from the non-traditional music model.
Needless to say that, if 2007 was a good indication of what the future had in store for Your Favorite Enemies, the following year turned out to be an undoubtedly interesting one for the 6 musicians from Montreal, who have been named as one of the top 5 bands to watch out for in 2008 by the Billboard Magazine; a quote which is hard to deny after the incredible success they had in 2008. Success which included being the first band ever to internationally broadcast a real-time live concert on their MySpace page, obtaining extraordinary success for their first Japanese tour, selling more than 60 thousand copies of their second album “Love Is A Promise Whispering Goodbye”, released in June 2008 on the band’s label, Hopeful Tragedy Records, and becoming the first band ever to write songs for the legendary video game franchise Final Fantasy.
Greatly empowered by the amazing support of their faithful fans, Your Favorite Enemies is already in the studio working on new songs for what they described as “a fantastic imaginary voyage” for their third album to be released worldwide in 2009.
Who I'd like to meet:
YFE Pennsylvania Street Team's Friend Space (Top 8)
hey you howa r eoyu doing hope youa r edonig okaty and hope all is wel land alsocihopoe thst you know that you are the best and you always will be and hope you have a goodd ay and today it is cold outside and we had bad rainfall but you know what it is okay cause rai is good and it helps the vegies grow lol have agood day!!
How is your weekend going? Are you sick of the crazy weather we are having or what? I know you are probably getting what we are getting in CT. Yesterday we had quite the storm...thunder, lightning, hail and high winds...I thought the house was going to blow away. It would be really nice to go a whole day without rain...ugh
So whats new with you? Anything more exciting than the weather? lol Let me know!
It is nice to hear from you! Im good, how are you? The weather was beautiful all weekend, just rained for a few minutes tonight but nothing major...can't complain! So how long have you been running this ST page? I see you have some old pictures on there so I am assume you have been doing it awhile. How did you meet the band? Have you ever been to any shows or reunions? I love hearing everyone's story of how they across the band. Jeff sent me a message in January of this year and asked him in April if I could run a street team...and here I am!
Hope to hear from you soon. Have a great week! Kristine
Hey my dear Candace, I wish so much that you are doing great these days...! Seriously, there's a lot that will be posted on the band's so i'm here to invite you all to come and to download our latest discovery...!!! Let's rock! -Jeff
this is great! thanks for telling me about it! :D and you are right... we do have Max to thank for introducing you to the YFE family... he's been one faithful fella through the years... and let me tell you, we've heard a lot about you from him! :D you're truly his precious sis! :)
hope you're doing well sweetie! :D :D you had a nice week? having a nice weekend? :D as for me... apart from my tattoo that's itchy, all is good!!! busy as always! you know us! :D never stopping! lol
love you loads and loads and loads margaret xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
it's so great to have you around! :D you are such an amazing girl and we are lucky to have you in the family! :D Max told me you were getting married? that's awesome! :D :D :D you must be soooooooooooooo happy! :D when is it? how did you meet him? lol
hope all is well with you... take care sweet and write back when you can! :D love you loads margaret xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've heard so much about you from Max that I'm all excited to have the chance to finally meet you! :D I honestly can't wait to meet you face to face but in the meantime, I'm glad to have you on here! :D
hope things are going well with you and that your year is off to a good start! :D doing anything special for this year? :D take care sweet sis! love you already! marge xxxxxxxxxxx and the YFE family
MISS YOU!!! It suxs we dont talk so much... we are sooo busy its crazy, but you know i love ya!! How are you?? how is the weather in that side of the globe? You crashed your car?? are you OK?? please let me know... how is the car looking?? Nothing new with me... workin my butt off, missing you all like crazy!!! :( hehehe
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