We Will Annihilate Our Enemies
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| artist = Real Lies
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| released = 16 April 2025
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| label = Tonal
| producer = Real Lies
| prev_title = Lad Ash
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We Will Annihilate Our Enemies is the third studio album by London band Real Lies, released on 16 April 2025 through Tonal Records.
Reception
{{Album reviews
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The album was released to a favourable reception. Shaad D'Souza of The Guardian praised the "heady, euphoric combination" of the album and gave it 4/5 stars. The Quietus stated that it might be their "most accomplished album to date", which draws "from an even broader palette of influences to create their most mature, refined work yet", and included it in their Music of the Month.{{cite magazine |last=Adams |first=Lina |date=11 April 2025 |title=Real Lies We Will Annihilate Our Enemies |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/real-lies-we-will-annihilate-our-enemies-review// |access-date=11 April 2025 |magazine=The Quietus |location=}}{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Patrick |date=2025-05-02 |title=Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of April 2025 |url=https://thequietus.com/tq-charts/music-of-the-month/music-of-the-month-the-best-albums-and-tracks-of-april-2025/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}} NPR included it in their All Songs Considered albums of the week review, calling it "dramatic, intense and deeply sad" and praising the "intimacy that not all electronic music possesses". {{cite magazine |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/1244093034/new-music-friday-april-11-2025// |title=New Music Friday: The best albums out April 11 |magazine=NPR |last=Thompson |first=Stephen |date=11 April 2025 |access-date=11 July 2022 }} Grant Sharples, writing for Interview magazine, said the album "revels in intensity. Seldom does it let up on the gas pedal".{{Cite web |last=Nevins |first=Jake |date=14 April 2025 |title="My List of Enemies Grows Longer": How Real Lies Doom-Scrolled Their Way to a New Album |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/how-real-lies-doom-scrolled-their-way-to-a-new-album |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}} The Fader included it as a standout album of the week, saying it "confront[s] the changing face of a digital world and embrace[s] it." {{Cite web |title=Stream Real Lies’ We Will Annihilate Our Enemies and more projects for New Music Friday |url=https://www.thefader.com/2025/04/18/stream-real-lies-we-will-annihilate-our-enemies-new-music-friday |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=The FADER |language=en}} Clash (magazine) called it "sharp, immediate, and emotionally muscular....an album forged in the fire of digital disconnection, relentless information overload, and a near-pathological craving for connection."{{Cite web |last=Interviews |first=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |last2=ClashMusic |date=2025-04-16 |title="We Didn't Need To Force Anything" Real Lies Interviewed {{!}} Features |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/we-didnt-need-to-force-anything-real-lies-interviewed/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB}} Nialler9 included in it their best albums of April. {{Cite web |date=2025-05-01 |title=The best albums of April 2025 |url=https://nialler9.com/the-best-albums-of-april-2025/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Nialler9 |language=en-GB}}