We Will Annihilate Our Enemies

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We Will Annihilate Our Enemies
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Studio album by
Released16 April 2025
Label Tonal
Producer Real Lies
Real Lies chronology
Lad Ash
(2022)
We Will Annihilate Our Enemies
(2025)

We Will Annihilate Our Enemies is the third studio album by London band Real Lies, released on 16 April 2025 through Tonal Records.

Reception

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The album was released to a favourable reception. Shaad D'Souza of The Guardian praised the "heady, euphoric combination" of the album and gave it 4/5 stars. [1] The Quietus stated that it might be their "most accomplished album to date", which draws "from an even broader palette of influences to create their most mature, refined work yet", and included it in their Music of the Month. [2] [3] NPR included it in their All Songs Considered albums of the week review, calling it "dramatic, intense and deeply sad" and praising the "intimacy that not all electronic music possesses". [4] Grant Sharples, writing for Interview magazine, said the album "revels in intensity. Seldom does it let up on the gas pedal". [5] The Fader included it as a standout album of the week, saying it "confront[s] the changing face of a digital world and embrace[s] it." [6] Clash (magazine) called it "sharp, immediate, and emotionally muscular....an album forged in the fire of digital disconnection, relentless information overload, and a near-pathological craving for connection." [7] Nialler9 included in it their best albums of April. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 D'Souza, Shaad (11 April 2025). "Real Lies: We Will Annihilate Our Enemies review – lad laureate meets euphoric synths". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  2. Adams, Lina (11 April 2025). "Real Lies We Will Annihilate Our Enemies". The Quietus . Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. Clarke, Patrick (2025-05-02). "Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of April 2025". The Quietus. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
  4. Thompson, Stephen (11 April 2025). "New Music Friday: The best albums out April 11". NPR . Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  5. Nevins, Jake (14 April 2025). ""My List of Enemies Grows Longer": How Real Lies Doom-Scrolled Their Way to a New Album". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  6. "Stream Real Lies' We Will Annihilate Our Enemies and more projects for New Music Friday". The FADER. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
  7. Interviews, Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews &; ClashMusic (2025-04-16). ""We Didn't Need To Force Anything" Real Lies Interviewed | Features". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 2025-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. "The best albums of April 2025". Nialler9. 2025-05-01. Retrieved 2025-05-05.