Envy & Other Sins

Infobox musical artist
Name = Envy & Other Sins


Background = group_or_band
Origin = Birmingham, England
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = A&M
URL = [http://www.envyandothersins.co.uk/ www.envyandothersins.co.uk]
Current_members = Ali M. Forbes
Jarvey Moss
Mark E. Lees
Jim "McDrum" Macaulay

Envy & Other Sins are a four piece band from Birmingham, England, who came to fame by winning Channel 4's nation-wide talent show mobileAct unsigned. They were the winners of the show, on which they won a £1,000,000 record contract with A&M Records. The contract allows them to release one album and two singles. Their first single, "Highness", was released on March 3 2008, and their debut album, "We Leave At Dawn", was released on March 31 2008. They have announced a tour for the near future featuring dates with The Hoosiers.

The band have said (quoted from mobileAct unsigned) that their style is depicted in Birmingham, in the industrial/Victorian age of the city, and has nothing to do with Marks & Spencers.

The band is signed to A&M Records, and Sentric Music for publishing [ [http://sentricmusic.com/artists.aspx Sentric Music - Artists] ] .

Discography

Albums

* "We Leave At Dawn" (2008)

ingles

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

Controversy

It has been suggested that the band's releases under their new contract suffered due to the fact that none of their songs are allowed airplay on Radio 1 in spite of the warm reception and positive reviews by the wider music media community. This is because of a conflict of interests with Radio 1 DJ and presenter of 'Mobile Act Unsigned' Jo Whiley's contract with the BBC. Fact|date=August 2008

External links

* [http://www.envyandothersins.co.uk/ Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/envyandothersins Official Myspace]
* [http://www.bebo.com/envyandothersinsreal Official Bebo]