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The sixth album came out on 30 March 2015 and went straight to number one in the UK: 45,302 copies in the first week. Keith and Maxim co-wrote the album’s songs with Liam, and the band played Skonto Hall in Riga on 16 April 2016.
By day you can move the stickers. At night the spotlights come on and the three take the stage.
Tap a track — the record spins and the needle drops onto its groove.
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The cover. The sticker beside it is our own drawing: a scowling sun in dark glasses and a grinning crescent moon shoving against its face. It is a joke on the title, not the album cover.
The title. The Day Is My Enemy. The sixth album came out on 30 March 2015 (56 minutes, 14 tracks). The expanded digital edition adds remixes and live recordings.
Maxim; additional vocals by Martina Topley-Bird and Paul “Dirtcandy” Jackson
Named after Cole Porter’s All Through the Night; Ella Fitzgerald’s version was the inspiration. The riff came from Olly Burden, the live drums from Switzerland’s Top Secret Drum Corps. The promo single came out on 26 January 2015.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 102 of 104 shows
Keith, Maxim; additional vocals by Brother Culture
The lead single, 12 January 2015: the band’s twenty-second. Number 98 in the UK and 23 on UK Dance. Written by Liam, Keith, Tim Hutton and Nick Halkes.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 103 of 104 shows
Keith, Maxim, Brother Culture
It was one of the album’s working titles. Simon “Brother Culture” Fajemisin is among the writers.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 4 of 104 shows
Keith; guest Jason Williamson (Sleaford Mods)
The single came out on 23 March 2015 with Sleaford Mods; Liam said it is aimed at DJs who play pre-programmed sets, not at the island itself. It reached 25 on the UK Physical Singles chart. A glow-in-the-dark vinyl followed on Record Store Day.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 4 of 104 shows
instrumental
Instrumental. Written by Liam and Zak H Laycock, who is also credited as a producer of the album.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 2 of 104 shows
Maxim
The second single, 23 February 2015. The video is stop-motion: directed by Mascha Halberstad, animated by Elmer Kaan.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 102 of 104 shows
Keith; guitar by Rob Holliday
Keith is a co-writer. The guitar on the record is by Rob Holliday, who plays with the band live.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 96 of 104 shows
instrumental
Instrumental; Liam wrote it with Neil McLellan. Consequence of Sound picked it as the album’s standout.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 31 of 104 shows
Flux Pavilion (guest), Cheri Williams (sampled vocals)
A collaboration with Flux Pavilion, who is also one of the album’s producers. It came out as a promo track on 25 March 2015.
Not played on the 2015–2016 tour
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Maxim
The longest track on the album, exactly five minutes. Maxim co-wrote it with Liam.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 103 of 104 shows
Keith, Maxim
A promo track, 26 March 2015. Maxim is among the writers. The same Pepe Deluxé sample, Salami Fever, was also used in Take Me to the Hospital.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 100 of 104 shows
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Maxim; Mark “YT” Hull
Written by Liam, Maxim and Mark Hull. The sample comes from the compilation Music of the Balkans, Vol. 2.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 39 of 104 shows
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Keith
Written by Liam and sung by Keith, with Tim Hutton in the background.
Not played on the 2015–2016 tour
Keith; Liam (additional voices)
It closes the album. Keith is one of the writers; Liam adds additional voices. The promo single with a lyric video came out on 16 March 2015.
On the 2015–2016 tour: 73 of 104 shows
Tracks from the album: pick the stronger one. The ranking uses Elo is a rating system from chess. Every track starts at 1500 points. The track you pick takes points from its rival: beating a strong track earns a lot, beating a weak one earns little, and an upset earns the most. The more votes, the more accurate the ranking. “Your ranking” uses your votes, “Overall ranking” uses every fan’s votes..
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A fox is chased through an alley by hunters who are about to shoot. The fox hypnotises them, leads them to a forest, and the hunters turn into foxes. The video went up on the band’s YouTube channel on 12 January 2015, the day the single came out.
Find it on YouTube ↗Biker Nelson is camping in the woods, studying dualism. In the middle of the night two hunters show up and things turn dark and even magical. The fox from Nasty returns. Liam saw Halberstad’s animation on television and asked her to make the video. It came out on 23 February 2015.
Find it on YouTube ↗The band and Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods confront a travel agent’s office with the song, until an ordinary office worker turns a gun on the four men. Liam said the song is not an attack on the island but about DJs who turn up with their songs on a USB stick.
Find it on YouTube ↗The raw energy of the band’s live shows, shown unsettlingly: a motionless figure watches from within the crowd at a mosh pit, people wear animal masks, and eyes have no pupils. The video came out on 10 July 2015, ahead of the EP The Night Is My Friend.
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Out of 104 full setlists. Tap a song to see where it was played.
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