Embrace
Out Of Nothing

THE REVIEW

The English brothers Danny and Richard McNamara, drummer Heaton and bassist Firth, in short the Embrace, produce an album full of melodic ballads alternated with stadium anthem songs; are they doing it to please everyone a little? I would say no, these are the Embrace... do you remember them in The God will out? Ballads to be appreciated in sweet company were alternated with songs to be sung in chorus.
But let's get into the details, it starts with "Ashes" (hard not to sing along while listening to it!) and then let yourself be lulled by the poignant "Gravity" (a track surely destined to fill the charts), since the ballad is too intense our dear Englishmen dive into "Someday", which starts slowly to explode impetuously; too much energy? The Embrace know how to help us catch our breath, and here comes the long-awaited "Looking as you are" followed by the ballad with harmonica titled "Wish 'em All Away" (this is a great track, could it make it big in the USA? We'll see!) and the melodic "Keeping", which allows the vocalist to showcase remarkable vocal runs.
At this point, we need an energy boost and once again we are satisfied, "Spell it out" provides the charge, but we quickly return to a dreamlike world listening to the amazing "Glorius Day" and the psychedelic "Near life"; ending with happiness? Embrace don’t think about it for a moment and close with a sad and dark piece named after the album "Out of nothing".

For those who love brit-pop, it’s an album not to be missed, also because after the less fortunate Drawn from memory, Embrace return to the levels of The god will out.