Alex Lifeson and Envy of None promote their second album STYGIAN WAVES
Back on March 28th, Alex Lifeson's project Envy of None followed up their 2022 debut album with the release of STYGIAN WAVES [stij(ē)ən wāvz]; an eleven-track album which is receiving a fair amount of with critical praise. The band, made of up Lifeson, Alf Annibalini (Guitar, Keyboards, Programming), Andy Curran (Bass Guitar, Synthesized Bass, Programming, Guitar, Background Vocals, Stylophone) and lead singer Maiah Wynne have been promoting the album through social media outlets and by means of numerous interviews.
The band had a two-page spread in the March issue of PROG Magazine in a featured titled Andy (And Alex) In The Underworld with Envy of None:
Alex Lifeson’s eyes are sparkling with pride and they’re matched by a broadening smile so warm that it could melt the snow that’s piled up outside of his home studio in the Canadian city of Toronto from where he speaks. Behind him hanging on the wall are just a small selection of the guitars with which he’s made his name – there’s a Gibson ES-355 associated with Rush’s earliest days, a few Gibson Les Pauls and some Fender Telecasters among others – and in his hand is a steaming mug of coffee that befits this mid-morning hour. Right now, he’s recalling the tipping point when Envy Of None – the electronica- and industrial influenced outfit formed with vocalist Maiah Wynne, former Coney Hatch bassist Andy Curran and second guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Alfio Annibalini – went from being a project to a band.They also appear in the upcoming May 2025 issue of Classic Rock Magazine in a piece called Making Wavz:
“The first time I listened to the whole of Stygian Wavz mastered, I thought, ‘Goddammit, we’re a band! This is a good band!’” he enthuses. “The [eponymous] first album was a project to me, but with Stygian Wavz, there’s something about it. I guess it was the way we worked – we were more connected and I was happy with that.”
The last time Classic Rock chatted with Andy Curran and Alex Lifeson about the future of their new musical venture, the bassist and guitarist were non-committal, almost shy in addressing the notion, and labelling it “a project”. That was in the spring of 2022, though, and the affirmation that they’d created something special was just around the corner. That year their dark, dreamy self-titled debut album hit some serious milestones, among them No.1 in Billboard’s New Artist and Alternative Artist lists, No.6 in the Canadian Alternative chart, and a trio of Top- 10 places in the UK. Not that sales positions are everything, but, alongside positive feedback in the media, the four-piece had certainly found an appreciative audience.For complete details on the album, including lyrics, liner notes, videos, and more, click HERE. Comments
Leaping forward to 2025, Envy Of None are now releasing album number two, Stygian Wavz, a record in keeping with its predecessor’s gothic-rock imaging, and the dark, dreamy sonic picture now expanded psychedelically. And Lifeson tells us the plan fell into place quickly.
“I think we started working on the record about twenty minutes after the release of the first,” he says, grinning, on a video call with Classic Rock and EON vocalist Maiah Wynne.
“We had little bits of ideas lingering. But once we committed to doing a second LP, we threw those aside and started with fresher, newer ones. And it was really exciting, because we’d had this great time making [the debut], and nobody wanted to stop.”
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