Envy - All The Footprints You've Ever Left and The Fear Expecting Ahead - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

It's no surprise that Envy have increasingly found inspiration in instrumental rock and experimental ambient music i? genres that historically circumvent cultural trappings. With each album since their inception in the early '90s the group have chipped away at the linguistic and cultural barriers inherent in international rock music. Their breakthrough came with 2003's a Dead Sinking Story, the groundbreaking third album that replaced familiar hardcore breakdowns with the sound of actual emotional breakdowns, and helped blur the lines between more than a few genres.

Celebrating the of their new EP InchAbyssalInch, and in conjunction with their forthcoming North American tour, Temporary Residence is re-introducing Envy's colossal back catalog. This collection of singles, rare tracks, and unreleased gems maps Envy's storied transformation from pioneering spastic hardcore to masters of exquisite, triumphant doom. Originally released in 2003 on the group's own Sonzai Records in Japan, it has never been available domestically, nor released on vinyl. InchThis is everything you've ever wanted doom to be, rife with beautifully picked guitar parts, revelatory screams, the texture we've all come to expect from similar acts (Pelican, Red Sparowes), and the consistency we all wish Boris hadInch - Skyscraper.

+/- - +/- [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/16/2002