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.
You are all precious to us and we wanted to give you our best!! So we hope that you will recognize yourself in this design, because you all have been taking part of YFE with us since the beginning.. and you are all still with us now!!!
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Just dropping by to wish you a happy birthday, brother!!! May you be blessed on this day, like every other... You are being a light for your people, and you are impacting hearts wherever you go.... I am proud of you, and pray for you ;)
Hiyah :o) How's you? Sorry I've been so bad at dropping in. I was in a really dark place and the only option was to retreat, but I'm through the other side, life is good again. I have Jeff (YFE guitarist) to thank for helping me to get through it. He's a fantastic listener, honestly the kind of guy to restore your faith in humanity. I count him as one of my best friends. I was in London on Oct 12th and I posted a blog and pics about what it was like to meet Jeff and some of out YFE UK family - in a word, AMAZING! Hope you're well. I promise I'll be better at saying hello. :o) LYL Heather x (Formerly Serenity. Going by my real name now!)
Thanks a lot! I'm happy to be part of your inspired world.
You are welcome in the living light of Kalidasa's poetry, the antique great Poet seer of India.
I have created this Kalidasa's profile, because even if great writers as Goethe, Lamartine or René Daumal was fond of his talent, and though Kalidasa is known as the Indian Shakespeare by the scholars all over the world, he is still quite unknown in western countries, for example in France where i'm living.
Thanks for the blessing Sharon. I am on my way to our State Capital for a week...I will write you when I get back and I keep you in my heart always. It was such a blessing to pray with you and YFE family on Skype the other day. Love you, Debra
Hi Sharan! Thanks for adding me to your page. It's an honor to call you Friend. Hope you had a pleasant Summer. Take care. Best WISHES to you from me....Billy YFE
Hi Sharan!! how are you?? I just wanted to stop by and let you know that I pray for you and I am here for you!! you're the best bro!! Keep on rocking India!! There is hope... your bro, jeff
Hey my bro! I can feel the heart you have for your people!! And I will pray for you man...you know, it's through the persecution that the light bright the most...and remember(like it's write in the psalm) that for God even darkness is not dark for Him so if you stay close to Him you'll be this light in those darkness and those suffering will make you a stronger man in the Lord!! I'M FREAKIN PROUD OF YOU BRO AND KEEP KICKING SOME MAJOR ASS!!!!!!!
Hey my bro!! I'm really happy to share that dream and fight with you! I had such amazing those ltest days with two of my sisters from Japan...dude...I'm really honored to serve them and love them...they are really precious for me!!!!! Hey bro, did you see the lates vid about our show at the Harley Davuidson?? Ta ke care bro, I love you man even if you don't have beard...(don't say to Jeff I've told you that!!)
i'm exhausted, i've just arrived in Germany, i'll stay there for one and a half year! Thank you very much for the birthday wishes.... I'm glad, many students who live here in the residence for students come from India, I may know them better!
Best wishes from Bretagne, France & Germany
Your devoted captain Stéphane & the breton crew xxx
How are you?? my prayers are with you with everything happening in India.. Victory will be given!!! Thanxs so much for the birthday wishes.. i feel OLD hahaha no no not really.. but it means so much to me to have you stop by... Keeo being amazing! I know you will go far to do what you can for the people of India..
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