Envy of None (abbreviated as EON) is a Canadian-American rock

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formed in 2021 by former

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guitarist

Alex Lifeson Aleksandar Živojinović, (born 27 August 1953), known professionally as Alex Lifeson (), is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Rush. In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that wo ...

, along with bassist Andy Curran, vocalist

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, and guitarist and keyboardist Alfio Annibalini. Their self-titled

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was released on April 8, 2022.

History

In June 2021, Lifeson released two new solo instrumental tracks, "Kabul Blues" and "Spy House", on his official website. The new music coincided with the release of the Alex Lifeson Les Paul Standard Axcess model of electric guitar produced by

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, and feature Canadian musicians Andy Curran of rock band

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on bass and David Quinton Steinberg on drums. Less than a week following the announcement, Lifeson revealed that he had completed 10 songs for his new side project Envy of None, featuring Curran, Alfio Annibalini on guitar, and

on vocals, with additional contributions from Steinberg and Tim Oxford on drums. The project originated when Curran and Wynne were working on new music, which caught Lifeson's attention and asked to hear the material. Curran encouraged Lifeson to contribute guitar parts if something interested him, and said: "He played on one track and one became two, and two became three". The band had hoped to have the music finished for an album release in late 2021, but it was delayed until 2022. On January 12, 2022, the group announced that their self-titled debut studio album would be released on April 8 via

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. Their first single, "Liar", was released on the same day. On March 2, 2022, the band released a second single, "Look Inside", and a music video for the new song on March 9, 2022. The band's first studio album is the eponymous ''Envy of None'' consisting of 11 tracks. It was recorded during the

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, and was released on April 8, 2022 by

, an

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based in

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. It has been described as having elements of both

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and

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. The last song of the album, the

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''Western Sunset'', is a tribute to Lifeson's former

bandmate, drummer and lyricist

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. Lifeson composed the song at Peart's

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home shortly before the drummer's death in January 2020. In 2022, Envy of None released a single to support

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after the

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. The band raised close to $100,000 through this effort. Lifeson has stated he does not intend to participate in concert tours, but will "do a few shows here and there".

Band members

*Alfio Annibalini – guitar, keyboards, programming * Andy Curran – bass, programming, guitar, stylophone, backing vocals *

– guitar, mandola, banjo, programming *

– lead vocals, keyboards

Discography

Studio albums

''Envy of None'' (2022)

= Track listing

= All tracks are written,

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, recorded and produced by Envy of None.

= Personnel

= Envy of None: * Andy Curran –

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, programming,

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* Alf Annibalini – guitar,

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, programming, mixing *

– guitar,

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, programming, mixing *

–

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and backing vocals, keyboards Additional musicians: * Dreadlight and Heidi DuBose – additional backing vocals * Bethany Joyce –

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(2) * David Quinton Steinberg –

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(all but 1, 2, 6) * Joe Vitale – drums (6), additional recording * Tim Oxford – drums (1) * Jonathan Dinklage – strings (violin/viola) (11)

= Production

= * Beech – package design * Aliephant – additional vocal production, additional backing vocals * Anton Evans, Jason "Metal" Donkersgoed, Roman Marcone, Spencer Sunshine – additional recording

Singles and EPs

*"Liar" (2022) *"Look Inside" (2022) *"Enemy"/"You'll Be Sorry" (2022) - special limited blue and yellow colored vinyl to raise money to support Ukraine

References

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