{"id":19960,"date":"2016-05-02T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=19960"},"modified":"2016-04-27T14:46:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T13:46:20","slug":"energetic-pop-rock-with-heart-better-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/energetic-pop-rock-with-heart-better-enemies\/","title":{"rendered":"Energetic Pop Rock, With Heart &#8211; Better Enemies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19965\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/energetic-pop-rock-with-heart-better-enemies\/better-enemies-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Better-Enemies-1.jpg?fit=2048%2C1474&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1474\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Better Enemies 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Better-Enemies-1.jpg?fit=640%2C461&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19965\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Better-Enemies-1.jpg?resize=640%2C461&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Better Enemies 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The self titled debut album from Better Enemies is an upbeat, catchy pop\/rock record full of guitar riffs and catchy choruses. <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The album refers on several occasions to the idea of breaking free from the doldrums of daily life and never giving into the feeling that you can\u2019t achieve your dreams. These feelings coming directly from the band members own experiences themselves, therefore lending a sense of honesty to the record.\u00a0A varied 10 track album full of dynamics that translates into an exciting live show.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8216;Get Me Out&#8217; was chosen as the lead single from the album due to the immediate nature of the track. It\u2019s fast-paced, full of energy but also full of meaningful lyrics. Get Me Out, is a good introduction to the band as newcomers and also an accurate representation of how much energy they offer from their live show.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the music video for Get Me Out:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d4FyVz-ncXs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Better Enemies are a 4-piece energetic pop rock band from Aberdeen. Jamie Mackie, David Temple, Chris Sutherland and Rhys Jones combine to create a fast-paced, guitar driven sound that draws influence from bands such as Biffy Clyro and Twin Atlantic.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Coming together in 2012 under the name Suburban Saints, the group quickly established themselves within the Aberdeen scene and released an 11 track album, a string of singles and even completing a month long international tour in South Africa. In the summer of 2015 the recording of a new record and a new sound brought about the change of name and the birth of Better Enemies.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2016 sees the release of their self titled debut album and a fully packed live schedule.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The self titled debut album from Better Enemies is an upbeat, catchy pop\/rock record full of guitar riffs and catchy choruses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9],"tags":[5403,5402,4857,144,77,226,203,284],"class_list":["post-19960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-aberdeen","tag-better-enemies","tag-debut-album","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-pop","tag-rock","tag-scotland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-5bW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10969,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/05\/shark-tape-marathon\/","url_meta":{"origin":19960,"position":0},"title":"Shark Tape &#8211; Marathon","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"23\/05\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Shark Tape is the newest sensation in the US, writing catchy indie rock songs that groove with relentless energy and enthrall the listener with their unique approach to each song.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Artists&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Artists","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/307550_322758407828902_1244708374_n.jpg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/307550_322758407828902_1244708374_n.jpg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/307550_322758407828902_1244708374_n.jpg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/307550_322758407828902_1244708374_n.jpg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20490,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/making-friends-with-better-enemies\/","url_meta":{"origin":19960,"position":1},"title":"Making Friends With Better Enemies","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"24\/05\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"We recently reviewed the self titled debut album of Scottish band, Better Enemies, and after catching up with them, we felt they would make better friends than enemies. 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