Alex Lifeson Has Recorded 10 Songs for New ‘Envy of None’ Project

Alex Lifeson released his first new music in nearly a decade when he shared the instrumentals “Kabul Blues” and “Spyhouse” to coincide with the arrival of his new Epiphone guitar earlier this month. But fans won’t have to wait nearly that long for the next chapter, as Lifeson has completed 10 songs for an upcoming project with an aim to release them later this year.

“Alex and I are involved in a side project called Envy of None,” bassist Andy Curran tells UCR. “It’s like, if you can picture maybe Massive Attack with a little bit of some electronic stuff with Nine Inch Nails influences, with this beautiful, fragile, sweet voice and some very, very dark heavy sounds. That’s kind of what this project sounds like.”  For more visit ultimateclassicrock.com

More info was published in an interview with Sweet Water, as transcribed by GuitarWorld.com:

“Andy approached me about four years ago, shortly after the last Rush tour, about adding some guitar on some of the things he was doing,” Lifeson recalled when quizzed about the origins of the project. “I did that. A few months later, he sent another one, and did that. Then we started getting more serious, and then we found a great singer, Maiah Wynne. So we’ve basically done an album’s worth of material that we hope to release sometime soon. I’m really excited about that.”

On when fans can expect to hear the album in full, Lifeson added, “We’re just working on that part. All the music is recorded. We are mixing currently. We’re in a good place, but it is very challenging. The industry is so, so very different than it was certainly 10 years ago, never mind last year,” he added. “We’ll see. Hopefully late summer, early fall we might have something. But we are very, very excited about it. It’s pretty cool stuff, I think.” 

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AlexLifeson.com launched!

Alex Lifeson has finally launched his official website, http://alexlifeson.com/. The site includes two new tracks, Kabul Blues and Spy House, which includes Andy Curran on bass and Alex on "everything else". The launch was timed to coincide with the announcement of the all new Epiphone Les Paul Standard Axcess.

Geddy and Alex present The Tragically Hip the 2021 Humanitarian Award at the JUNOs

At the 50th Annual JUNO Awards airing June 6, 2021, the Tragically Hip will receive the 2021 Humanitarian Award Presented by Music Canada, which will be presented to them by Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees and rock icons, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush. For more visit newswire.ca.

UPDATE: Watch as Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee present the humanitarian award to members of The Tragically Hip: Rob Baker, Paul Langlois, Johnny Fay, Gord Sinclair and the late Gord Downie’s brother Patrick Downie.

 In addition, watch as Pegi Cecconi is awarded the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award at the 2021 Juno Opening Night Awards. This prestigious award ­named after Walt Grealis in recognition of his extraordinary accomplishments recognizes individuals who have contributed to the growth and development of the Canadian music industry.