The Prodigy: THE DAY IS MY ENEMY

Listen to The Prodigy’s new album, actually any of their releases, and you’ll sense the anger that wafts through the lyrics, making each track an audio assault. It’s something that’s become a trademark for the band and a factor they are fully aware of.
Though while each album plays out this way, it gives us the best insight into the underground world and the city at night: a tale that their new album The Day Is My Enemy is well adept at telling. Title track and opener ‘The Day Is My Enemy’ gives you a taster of what we have come to expect from the band, but the noise grabs are taken a bit far. You get the sense the band thought to each other, ‘Yeah throw that in’ and the resultant sound comes off almost game-ish.
‘Nasty’ makes up instantly for any wrong-doings and is a track that you simply want to lose it to. What follows is an onslaught of Prodigy tunes that I’m sure would fit perfectly into any party scene. ‘Ibiza’ featuring Sleaford Mods adds a new element with a bit of rap breaking up the album. ‘Wild Frontier’, ‘Rhythm Bomb’ and ‘Get Your Fight On’ earn their places as album highlights.
With such a strong following behind them the pressure is pretty immense to create a release that supersedes the others, and while it mightn’t be their best – that’s always a hard label to give – the album creates a scene, stays true to their style and gives you a look into the British nightlife. I’d say that’s the formula for a great release.
Out now via Take Me to the Hospital/Cooking Vinyl
Written by Amanda Sherring