Music Review

Enemies Like This (2006)

EW's GRADE
B

Details Release Date: May 16, 2006; Lead Performance: Radio 4; Genres: Pop, Rock

Any CD that starts with the declaration ''I was a prisoner in a factory!'' and concludes with a song about Hurricane Katrina is never going to be voted Happy-Go-Lucky Summer Album of the Year. But there is a definite funky joyousness to be found in Enemies Like This, this latest collection from the post-punk-loving Radio 4. Particularly fine are the Talking Heads-influenced ''Packing Things Up on the Scene'' and ''Ascension Street,'' which we'd happily wager is the first reggae song ever written about gentrification in Brooklyn.

Originally posted May 12, 2006 Published in issue #877 May 19, 2006 Order article reprints

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