One of Canada's hardest working bands return with 'Sleep is the Enemy'. I hope that this is the album that finally gets Danko Jones the worldwide adoration that he deserves.

We start of with 'Sticky Situation' a fast paced, bass heavy track that's typical Danko Jones, but don't think that they have simply recreated 'We Sweat Blood'.

'Baby hates me' is a guitar heavy track that would be the most reminiscent of the previous album 'We Sweat Blood', the backing vocals on the chorus are something different on this album, but it works well.

Throughout the whole album you I get the distinct feeling that the band are trying to experiment with some different sounds because although the majority don't stray too far from the typical frantic hard rock sound that has been associated with the band, there are different elements added on some of the tracks, for instance, unless I am very much mistaken there is a very faint piano intro on 'She's drugs'.

Kyuss' John Garcia sings backing vocals on 'Invisible', it's a great track, hard and heavy Danko Jones, but with some nice variations, such as the backing vocals, and more of a melody than on previous releases.

Indeed this more melodic (and dare I say radio friendly) style is evident on quite a few tracks on this album especially 'First Date' and 'When will I see you'.

'Don't fall in love' and the title track 'Sleep is the Enemy' are two of the weaker tracks on this release which results in it not quite matching up to the high standard of 'We Sweat blood'. 'Don't fall in love' in particular is a bizarre track, due to the strangely distorted guitar intro and the vocal melody which is not only uncharacteristic of Danko Jones it is unsuited to his vocals which have that distinctive hard edge as that is lost on this song.

Overall this album doesn't have the in-your-face impact of 'We Sweat Blood' but it is a worthy follow up with some great tracks and typical testosterone laden lyrics that we have come to expect from Danko.
8/10
Kerri