On first listen I wasn’t sure about this album, but it’s definitely a grower. After such a successful and well-received debut the Coventry three-piece had a very big task to impress us all over again but I think they’ve done it, just.

The overall impression is a dramatic one, perhaps a little too dramatic at times – as if they’ve got a bit carried away with delusions of grandeur. The new addition of string accompaniments to some of the tracks often sounds at odds with what they are trying to achieve.

While The Enemy’s first album had strong echoes of The Jam, this time around comparisons will undoubtedly be drawn between ‘Don’t Break the Red Tape’ and The Clash’s ‘London Calling’. And, ‘Nation of Checkout Girls’ is more than a little reminiscent of Blur’s ‘Common People’. This album doesn’t have the stand out anthemic tracks that the first will be remembered for, though ‘No Time for Fears’ will, I’m sure, go down a storm at the festivals this summer.

Despite all of that they’ve managed, for the most part, to keep the raw, gritty sound we all loved so much the first time around and which has become so distinctive. And, they’ve gone a step further by coupling it with a new darker intensity in tracks like ‘Last Goodbye’.

This album isn’t going to blow you away, but it’s a good second offering nevertheless. By the third listen I’ll wager you’ll be tapping your feet and singing along.