Hailing from the land down under, Friends With The Enemy is a band of Four Loko-loving Aussies who have been pumping out some of the Southern Hemisphere’s finest melodic punk for over a decade now. Six years have passed since the release of the band’s debut album Declassified, and it seems they’ve made extremely good use of that time. Their new record Divide & Conquer is a marked improvement over all their previous output in every way. The quality of songwriting, playing, and production have all been taken up multiple notches, and the end result is an absolutely killer melodic punk record. Friends With The Enemy plays a riffy, metallic, brand of melodic punk similar to bands like Strung Out, Belvedere, and Mute. For me, this sound has always necessitated top notch production, and...
