Envy & Other Sins

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Envy & Other Sins
Origin	Birmingham, England
Years active	2004–present
Label(s)	A&M
Website	www.envyandothersins.co.uk
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, with 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.

1 Discography
2 Controversy
3 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

We Leave At Dawn (2008)

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	UK	Album
2005	"Prodigal Son"	-	-
2008	"Highness"	65	We Leave At Dawn

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.