Label
The 6 musicians of the band decided to create the label Hopeful Tragedy Records in 2007, in order to offer the self-produced 5 songs hard-copy EP "And If I Was To Die In the Morning… Would I Still Be Sleeping With You”. In which it was then released the following June.
In 2007 the band had sold more than 30 thousand units of their EP, and Billboard Magazine stated that Your Favorite Enemies into one of the most exciting and new "Do It Yourself" bands to rise from the non-traditional music model
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