Envy & Other Sins

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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,[1] with Jim Macaulay becoming the drummer for Eliot Sumner, Emmy the Great and The Stranglers during the next decade.[2]

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".[3]

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
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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"

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