Tom Clarke: “Noel Gallagher Is My Hero Of The Year"

The Enemy are ready to rock 2009 with an album they claim is the dog’s proverbials.

The plucky trio have been given a huge shot of confidence after being hand-picked by Noel Gallagher, 41, to support Oasis on their Wembley Stadium gigs in the summer.

And the Coventry rockers say the follow-up to No 1 disc We’ll Live And Die In These Towns will bear the hallmarks of the Gallagher brothers’ big, brash sound.

Excited frontman Tom Clarke, 20, told me: “We are absolutely buzzing.

“We know we are making something good so there’s no need for second album nerves.

“Everyone from Oasis to The Verve, and some much heavier stuff, has inspired us.

“Just imagine the first record has grown a set of bollocks and has got some stubble.

“It’s more worldly and the tunes have more depth. We wanted it to sound huge.

“Our drummer is a tiny person who makes a massive sound and we wanted to capture that.

“It’s hard to do that on CD so we’re recording onto good, old-fashioned tape ’cos it sounds bigger and better.”

Tom – along with drummer Liam Watts, 21, and bassist Andy Hopkins, 20 – will release the as-yet-untitled disc in time for the Oasis support shows in July.

Despite being so young, the lads are not quaking in their adidas at the thought of playing with the Britpop legends.

Tom explained: “Noel Gallagher is my hero of the year for asking us to support him.

“Everyone expects us to be nervous but the bigger the event, the bigger the thrill.

“Nerves don’t come into it. You get a massive shot of adrenaline – that’s the pay-off.

“We’re going to go on, play our gig, get our rush of adrenaline and then go watch Oasis and Kasabian – what a sh*t job!”

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk