We now have the recently-reissued double LP edition of Envy's 2003 masterpiece available, remastered and sounding better than ever.

It's awesome to see how popular Envy has become here in the U.S., god knows it's taken long enough for people to finally catch on to how amazing this band

is. But I've been noticing more and more that their audience seems to be growing, and we are constantly selling out of their earlier albums on HG Fact that

we carry. Starting off as a thrashy hardcore outfit, Envy has over the years turned into something a bit harder to classify, still really aggressive and

rooted in hardcore, particularly the early 90's post-hardcore movement, but they've incorporated a heavy post-rock element into their sound as well while

sounding totally unilke any of the other bands that have combined hardcore/metal heaviness with epic rock like Pelican, Isis, Neurosis, etc. Nah, to me at

least, Envy's jams have always had a much more melodic, orchestral element to them, each song finding them taking their time to build intense emotional

melodies and haunting electronic textures that explode into dense storms of crushing guitars and energetic, jazzy drumming that has a habit of locking into

grooving rhythms that remind me more of hip hop breakbeats than yer typical hardcore pounding. The singer's ferocious, weeping screams are so raw that it

almost hurts to listen to him, but it's that same rawness that makes Envy's music rise far above the posturing BS of contemporary "emotional hardcore". No

posturing or pretense here, folks, this is music that genuinely feels like it's ripping your goddamn heart out. And it's their way with heartwrenching melody

though that makes Envy one of the greatest bands around, crafting utterly beautiful, epic hooks that streak across their songs, drawing all of the best parts

of melodic hardcore and My Bloody Valentine's shoegaze rock and Explosions In The Sky and welding it to blasts of heavy hardcore. Check out "Color Of

Fetters" and the jangly indie J-pop break in the middle for example, and the way that the delicate pop hook explodes into the pummeling heavy outro. This was

the band's last album before they hooked up with Temporary Residence and their esteemed roster of bands like Mono, Eluvium, and Explosions In The Sky, and

it's an essential addition to the collection of any Envy fan. Highly recommended to everyone from Mogwai and Isis fans to 90's emo heads to metalgaze freaks.