Envy (band)

This article is about the Japanese rock band. For other musicians called Envy, see Envy (disambiguation).

Envy is a Japanese rock band formed in Tokyo, in 1992. They are signed to Rock Action Records in Europe and Temporary Residence Limited in North America, though originally they worked with Level Plane Records. Initially influential in the post-hardcore and screamo scenes, Envy soon began to employ elements of post-rock in their work as well.^[1]

Envy
Tetsuya Fukagawa performing with Envy in Hong Kong in 2011
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Screamo post-hardcore post-rock
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Temporary Residence Limited Rock Action Level Plane
Members	Tetsuya Fukagawa Nobukata Kawai Manabu Nakagawa Tsuyoshi Yoshitake Yoshimitsu Taki Hiroki Watanabe
Past members	Masahiro Tobita Dairoku Seki
Website	www.envybandofficial.com

They have released 7 studio albums to date (with the most recent being The Fallen Crimson), as well as several EPs and splits, most notably with Jesu and American post-hardcore band Thursday. Original member and vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa left Envy in 2016.^[2]

On February 6, 2018, Envy announced a new lineup consisting of Tsuyoshi Yoshitake, Yoshimitsu Taki, and Hiroki Watanabe. A Japanese press release added that two members had left the band,^[3] and founding guitarist and drummer Masahiro Tobita and Dairoku Seki were no longer listed as members on the band's Facebook page or website.

On April 1, 2018, Tetsuya Fukagawa surprise-rejoined Envy on stage for the first time in two and a half years, cementing his return to the band. This was subsequently confirmed via the band's official social media pages.

Members

Current

• Nobukata Kawai — guitar (1992–present)
• Manabu Nakagawa — bass (1992–present)
• Tetsuya Fukagawa — vocals, programming (1992-2016, 2018–present)
• Tsuyoshi "Yoshi" Yoshitake — guitar (2018–present)
• Yoshimitsu Taki — guitar (2018–present)
• Hiroki Watanabe — drums (2018–present)

Past

• Masahiro Tobita — guitar (1992–2018)
• Dairoku Seki — drums (1992–2018)

Discography

Studio albums

• From Here to Eternity LP/CD (H.G. Fact) (1998)
• All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead LP/CD (H.G. Fact/Molaire Industries/Dim Mak/Rock Action) (2001)
• A Dead Sinking Story CD/2xLP (Sonzai/Level Plane/Nova Recordings/Rock Action) (2003)
• Insomniac Doze LP/CD (Sonzai) (2006)
• Recitation LP/CD (Sonzai/Temporary Residence Limited/Rock Action) (2010)
• Atheist's Cornea LP/CD (Sonzai/Temporary Residence Limited) (2015)
• The Fallen Crimson LP/CD (Temporary Residence Limited/Pelagic Records) (2020)

EPs

• Breathing and Dying in This Place CD (H.G. Fact) (1996)
• Angel's Curse Whispered in the Edge of Despair LP/CD (H.G. Fact) (1999)
• The Eyes of Single Eared Prophet CD (H.G. Fact) (2000)
• Burning Out the Memories 10" (Molaire Industries) (2000)
• Abyssal EP/CD (Sonzai) (2007)
• Definition of Impossibility (Pelagic Records) (2019)
• Seimei (2022)

Splits

• Split 7" with Sixpence (H.G. Fact) (1997)
• Split 7" with Endeavor (H.G. Fact) (1997)
• Split 7" with This Machine Kills (H.G. Fact) (2000)
• Split CD with Iscariote (Waiting for an Angel/Sonzai/Level Plane; 10" released by Pure Pain Sugar/Code Of Ethics) (2002)
• Split CD with Yaphet Kotto and This Machine Kills (Sonzai) (2003)
• "Envy/Jesu" LP/CD (Daymare Recordings) (2008)
• "Thursday / Envy" LP/CD (Temporary Residence Limited) (2008)

7"s

• Eyes of Final Proof (H.G. Fact) (2000)
• Last Wish (H.G. Fact) (2001)

Singles

• "As Serenity Calls Your Name" (Sonzai) (2011)
• Alnair in August (2018)

DVDs

• Transfovista DVD (Sonzai) (2007)

Compilations

• Far East Hardcore Comp LP/CD (Got's Pop/Slam Records)
• Platform Comp 7" (Never Shown Face)
• No Fate Comp CD (H.G. Fact)
• For Ugly For Beautiful Vol. 3 Comp CD (Lunch Service Records)
• Lucky Thirteen Comp LP (Nova Recordings)
• Compiled Fragments 1997-2003 CD (Sonzai/Temporary Residence Limited) (2005)
• Destroy Independent Music! (2006–2007, Temporary Residence Limited) sampler
• Invariable Will, Recurring Ebbs and Flows 14 LPs + DVD (Temporary Residence Limited) (2013)

References

1. "Envy - Reissues". Punknews.org. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
2. "Envy vocalist quits band". Lambgoat.com. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
3. "Envy announce new show along with a blurb about new lineup?". Uniteasia.org. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2020.

External links

• official Envy band page
• Envy profile on Punknews.org
• Envy's songs' meanings
• Envy's Official Myspace page
• Punknews.org Interview
• Envy's last.fm page