When Alex Foster (vocals), Jeff Beaulieu (guitar), Sef (guitar), Ben Lemelin (bass), Miss Isabel (keys and vocals) 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.
Hey sweetie! just wanted to say hi and to let you know how happy I am for you for the new design! you've been with us for a long time and you are a really important part of this family! :) Your continuing love and support are more precious to us than you think... and your friendship is really precious to me! So enjoy the gift! It's truly from the bottom of our hearts! :)
how are you doing? Did you have a great weekend? I hope all is going well for you! I haven't heard from you in a while now. So I thought to stop by your page and show you some love! :)
I saw your bulletin, what happened with MySpace? I saw the other site, pretty cool...I'll be checking it out more in a few. So how are you? What is your name? I just started running my page about1 1/2 months and just realized I never spoke with you. Nice to meet you!
Stop by my page and say hi and tell me a little more about you! :) Kristine
hey whats up my YFE sis how are ya me i'm good an u can ask me anything an u rock an i cant believe all the new crap that tom put on myspace even when a comment ur awesome ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ u ttyl ♦♦ ♥ ur YFE sis danielle
Hey my dear friend from Texas, It's a great pleasure to have you here with us and your support through allthese rough times on our ban's page were even more that we could aver expected... Thank you for that and thankyou for staying there by ourside... We are a couple of suprises in our guitar casing for you guys!!! Stay tunedthis week will be very cool for you... YB will deliver you some goodies!!! Love you bunch! Let's rock! -Jeff
Hey my dear sister, I was pretty sure that this little feature would please you... Glad that you pass by to let us though... Once again that means a lot cause it shoes that you care that we know you're there with us! We love you sister!!! It's been a while and it's good to see you back! Jeff
PS: Here's how tons of people are feeling...Read what Miss Isabel wrote in her latest blog... don't miss it!!, it's on the band's page (click on the banner to subscribe)..."My dad comes home drunk every night he says he'll kill me...I don't know...it makes me feel so worthless...He says I'm a failure, that I'm selfish for wanting help, because I'm not the only one who thinks about suicide. "
Hi my dear bros & sis!!!!!!!!!! such a pleasure to meet you!!!!!! how do you feel?do you enjoy these easter days?? i send you a lot of kisses and huges from munic!!!!!!!!!!! i hope we talk soon here:-) Love-Vroni
it's great to hear from you! :D and no worries about not being on here as much as you would like to be... especially if you're grounded! but you know what? I know your heart is with us and as soon as you can, you'll be back with the heart still on fire! :D and who's that "friend" you're talking about? :D
as for me, doing great! though really busy which is why I'm writing you so late! lol I mean, it's been almost 2 weeks! lol was busy with YFE and writing subtitles to a series of videos they did in french! lol most of our friends on here don't understand french... now, I'm not done yet but I had some time to be on here so I'm here! :D that and being away for the last 3 days! went to Toronto with YFE... had 2 gigs there... with people from around the world coming to meet them for the weekend! was great to see everyone... old friends... new ones I made there! was amazing! and I even met a guy from Ireland who came all the way to be there! had met him on here a year ago! was great! :D
you take care sweetie and write back when you can! :D love you loads and loads and loads margaret xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hey There (:
How is it going? Hope your doing well. I wanted to drop by and see how things are going for you. Weather here is Very Hot! Any News this weekend???
Hey Marilyn! Just dropping by to give some love! How are you and what have you been up to!? Let me know :) I just returned from Japan with YFE Kanto family~ it was great to see them all again, I miss them and the weather! Much love take care! - Alice <3
love you sooooooooooooo much and so happy to have the chance to get to know you! we haven't been in touch for a while! thought I'd drop by and tell you the most important thing in the world...
Marilyn!!! wow...I visited your deviant art and really it's great!! i love the Valentine one!! and also the one called "endless love"... Keep being inspired and inspiring! I love you Miss Isabel
HI Marilyn!!! I want to drop by to tell you I love you and I think of you:) I hope your 2009 is already great and that you have full of dreams in your head and in your heart!!! you know we might go back to Texas this year...if we do I hope to get to give you my yearly hug!lol Take care sweeeeeeeeeeet! Miss Isabel
ur awesome ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ u ttyl ♦♦ ♥ ur YFE sis danielle
