The Enemy share new single ‘The Boxer’, ahead of upcoming album Social Disguises

The Enemy have released the single ‘The Boxer’, ahead of their forthcoming record Social Disguises, set to be released on February 20.

Social Disguises is the trio's first album in over a decade, and it was produced by their long-term collaborator Matt Terry.

Aiming to hit the same standards of their platinum-selling debut, We'll Live And Die In These Towns (2007), The Enemy have written their new record from 90 demos, some of which stem back to when they reformed in 2022. The group had split in 2016.

Described as intensely hypnotic, ‘The Boxer’ is about a man whose glory days are behind him, as well as a metaphor for other universal experiences, such as the realisation that our futures can always change for the better if we keep striving and battling for something more.

"‘The Boxer’ is about a fictional character, but it's an observation about regret and how anxiety can stop us achieving things we want to in life," said Tom Clarke, the lead vocalist of the band.

"It's about fear holding us back, and how that can destroy who we are. We tried to achieve an industrial weight to the sound, and a monotony to the composition to reflect the sentiment of being stuck."

Listen to ‘The Boxer’ below: