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It Culls You theenvycorpsofficial 498 views Teaser trailer for the upcoming album "It Culls You"
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Hammond Monday theenvycorpsofficial 269 views Tracking organ for a new song.
It Culls You theenvycorpsofficial 415 views Here's everything we've been working on lately, played all at once for efficiency.
Ms. Hospital Corners theenvycorpsofficial 682 views Testing out some new material.
The Envy Corps at the Iowa State Fair theenvycorpsofficial 1,032 views Watch the Envy Corps rate the best of what the fair has to offer.
The Envy Corps Eisley Tour Video Blog theenvycorpsofficial 1,114 views The First Video Blog with The Envy Corps from the Eisley Tour....
Story Problem - Official Music Video theenvycorpsofficial 17,201 views Watch The Envy Corps music video for Story Problem off the album Dwell. "A joyful, clattering celebration that builds into the kind of chaotic singalong chorus that Glas...
Rhinemaidens Live at the BBC theenvycorpsofficial 2,686 views The Envy Corps playing Rhinemaidens for Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1
The Envy Corps hard at work at Sound Farm Studio theenvycorpsofficial 1,120 views Master Engineer/Co Producer Matt Sepanic turning knobs and then some with The Envy Corps.

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The Envy Corps' indie quasi-anthems, replete with galvanizing arrangements, congratulatory rhythms and elasticized melodies have garnered the Des Moines-based band the affection of the attentive Midwest and fans both nationally and internationally.

After the release of their major label debut, Dwell, in 2008, The Envy Corps have retreated back to the studio to record their anticipated sophomore album, tentatively entitled It Culls You. Luke Pettipoole (vocals, bass), Brandon Darner (guitar), Micah Natera (synthesizer, guitar) and Scott Yoshimura (drums) are redefining their sound by taking the pop melodies of their early work and marrying them with a heightened rhythmic sense and a more stripped down, concise approach to instrumentation. The new material has made appearances at recent live shows with fans embracing the bands' exploration into a less syrupy landscape that stretches the boundaries of the conventional immediate pop song.

Pettipoole formed the band in Ames in 2002 and shepherded a rotating cast of musicians until 2005, in which time their debut, Soviet Reunion, was released on Ames' Bi-Fi Records. The band really started to take shape once Darner and Yoshimura came aboard in mid-2005, marking a change in sound and aspiration. The EP I Will Write You Love Letters If You Tell Me To was self-released in April 2006 and afforded the band their first taste of national attention by charting well on the CMJ Top 200. Soon after, the band were asked to join The Killers' U.S tour. Labels began to take notice and in the summer of 2006, a Vertigo/Universal A&R rep flew in from London to attend a hometown show and the band landed a record deal. Work on the self-produced Dwell began in November 2006 and the album was completed in England in March 2007.

With recording coming to a close, the band found themselves living in a flat in South London, performing across Britain at every opportunity. They logged more than 200 shows in 2007 alongside bands like Editors, The Killers (again), Mute Math, Eisley, and even secured a slot at the famed Glastonbury festival. Near the end of the year, unexpected trauma threatened the band when Darner suffered a stroke on stage in London. He was rushed to the hospital and recovered quickly, even rejoining the band on the road the following week. Despite growing buzz, a two-page spread in NME, Dwell track "Story Problem's" inclusion in the film Run Fatboy Run and an ever-increasing European fanbase, Vertigo delayed the album release and the band returned to the U.S.

Dwell was finally released in April 2008 in the UK and appeared stateside in digital format in July. The album received positive reviews from critics, but momentum for the album had fizzled, and in the fall of 2008, the band, anxious to focus on their career in the U.S., parted ways with Vertigo.

The Envy Corps released the Kid Gloves EP in April 2009 on their own Tempo Club imprint. The five-song taster gained blog and radio attention throughout the Midwest and its songs were featured in HBO's Entourage and Showtime's Look. The quartet have spent time since the release attending to their steadily maturing Midwest fanbase and writing and recording at their home studio in Des Moines and Mike Mogis' ARC Studios in Omaha, Nebraska. Content to take the reigns of any and all aspects of their sophomore effort - recording, engineering, producing, releasing - The Envy Corps are eager to bring their new music to those willing to listen.

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