Envy & Other Sins

Envy & Other Sins
Envy & Other Sins performing in February 2006(L-R: Jarvey Moss, Ali M. Forbes, Mark E. Lees)
Envy & Other Sins performing in February 2006
(L-R: Jarvey Moss, Ali M. Forbes, Mark E. Lees)
Background information
OriginBirmingham, England
GenresEmo, industrial, alternative, punk, pop punk
Years active2004–2009
LabelsA&M, Loog, Gentlemen Prefer
Past membersAli M. Forbes (vocals/guitar)
Jarvey Moss (synth)
Mark E. Lees (bass)
Jim "McDrum" Macaulay (drums)

Envy & Other Sins was a four-piece band from Birmingham, England, who came to fame by winning Channel 4's nationwide talent show, mobileAct unsigned. They were the winners of the show, on which they won a £60,000 record contract with A&M Records. The contract allowed them to release one album and two singles. Their first single, "Highness", was released on 3 March 2008, and their debut album, We Leave at Dawn, was released on 31 March 2008.

On 1 July 2009, the band announced they were to split up, with Ali Forbes becoming the singer of Malpas and Jim Macaulay becoming the drummer for Eliot Sumner, Emmy the Great and The Stranglers during the next decade.

Musical style

Writing about the band in November 2006, British music magazine NME described their songs as "catchy in the extreme, with sweet harmonies, wicked hooks and choruses a-go-go".

Discography

Albums

Year Album details
2008 We Leave at Dawn
  • Released: 31 March 2008
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: CD

Singles

Year Title Chart peak positions Album
UK
2005 "Prodigal Son" — Non-album single
2007 "Man Bites God" — Non-album single
2008 "Highness" 65 We Leave at Dawn
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Demo songs

  • "Man Bites God"
  • "Step Across"
  • "Talk to Strangers"
  • "Tomorrow"
  • "(It Gets Harder to Be a) Martyr"
  • "Words Fail"
  • "Almost Certainly Elsewhere"
  • "The Company We Keep"

References

  1. ↑ News. Archived 19 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Jim Macaulay". Active Music.
  3. ↑ Phull, Hardeep; Smyth, Cassie (25 November 2006). McNicholas, Conor (ed.). "Radar Special". NME. London: IPC Ignite!: 16. ISSN 0028-6362. OCLC 60624023.
  4. ↑ "The Official Charts Company – Envy & Other Sins". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 October 2010.