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After five weeks, Steven returned to the U.S. to finalize the adoption of his daughter. Tim stayed in Germany for another two months. Both planned to return to Europe — “We had everything ready, we even had a marketing plan,” says Steven — but fate had other ideas. “I wouldn’t give up where we are right now for a successful music career,” says Tim. It’s perhaps a surprising statement from a musician who, two years ago, was solely focused on his band’s rise to some semblance of fame. These days, both brothers are back in school — Tim wants to work on promoting other bands, “and Steven wants to make other bands sound the way he hears them sounding,” says Tim. Eventually, Steven might mix the Enemy Lovers’ album, though plans for those German recordings is still up in the air. These days, funds go to the Scroggses’ growing clan (Tim just had a second child). And they’re OK with that. “We didn’t want to live in a 15-passenger van with our families,” says Tim. And after years of doggedly pursuing the rock-star dream, Tim says, “I was at a point where I was tired of promoting myself.” Both
brothers laugh at what they know now versus what they knew in July 2011, when they boarded that first flight to Europe. “After the doors close, creativity is forced,” says Tim. “When we had no money, we hit reality.” But don’t count the Enemy Lovers out just yet. While rock star fantasies might be off the table, playing music isn’t. The former manager who would have taken a large chunk of the band’s earnings? “Ironically, his contract ran out right when we got the invite to play for DIG Fest,” says Tim. “I’m super excited about the show,” says Steven. “Even if we can’t give people the new album we can play it for them live so it’s a chance for them to kind of hear where we were and what we were doing.” He adds, “I think the stuff we did in Germany is the closest to our identity, music-wise, as we’ve gotten so far.” And, while the brothers want to offer their fans an explanation for their disappearance, they’re also genuinely happy to be back with a new perspective on music. “It kind of feels like a greatest hits show, because we haven’t played our [debut self-titled] EP in two years or more,” says Tim. “This is a special part of us, still.” — A.M. X
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Although brothers Dillon and Jantzen Wray grew up in Western North Carolina, it took a move to Colorado for them to form a band together. That roots-rock outfit, Old North State, recently settled back in its namesake. Read a full interview with the band at mountainx.com.