Envy & Other Sins

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.

Envy & Other Sins
Envy & Other Sins performing in February 2006 (L-R: Jarvey Moss, Ali M. Forbes, Mark E. Lees)
Background information
Origin	Birmingham, England
Genres	Emo, industrial, alternative, punk, pop punk
Years active	2004–2009
Labels	A&M, Loog, Gentlemen Prefer
Past members	Ali M. Forbes (vocals/guitar) Jarvey Moss (synth) Mark E. Lees (bass) Jim "McDrum" Macaulay (drums)

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 [4]
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"