Expressive, panoramic in scope and featuring
McNamara’s most powerfully emotive vocal to date, Gravity
would sit comfortably alongside any one of Embrace songs.
And yet it was written by Coldplay singer and songwriter
Chris Martin.
The decision to record another artist’s
song might seem surprising were it not for a long standing
friendship between Martin and McNamara dating back to when
Coldplay supported Embrace at the Blackpool Empress Ballroom
in 2000.
Martin originally wrote the song for Coldplay
but as it developed it became clear to him that the song
might be better suited to Embrace. As he explains, “We’ve
always loved Embrace and Danny is one of my best friends.
When we wrote Gravity we thought it sounded far too much
like them for us, but not too much like them for them, so
I asked Danny if he wanted the song and that was that.”
On hearing the song, McNamara felt it was
just what was missing from the album. “There was no
out and out love song, something there’d always been
in the past.” he says, “You could say there was
a Gravity shaped hole waiting to be filled”. And whilst
he admits to some reservations about covering some one else’s
song he’s had to concede that Gravity sounds like “the
best ballad I never wrote”.
Gravity will be released on August 30th,
prior to the album’s release on Sept 13th. Produced
by long time collaborator Youth, and in it’s final
stages of recording, the album will feature 10 Embrace compositions
in addition to the single.
Coinciding with the release, Embrace will
play their first live date since February 2002 with a one-off
headlining show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Sept 3rd.
OUT OF NOTHING album release on Independiente
on Sept 13th.
Tickets are on sale from
June 15th priced £15 and available from:
Shepherd’s Bush Empire box office on 0870 771 2000 / 020 7 403
3331 or 24 hr credit card hotline: 0871 2200 260.
Sept 29th, NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
www.gigsandtours.com
Tel: + 44 (0) 191 261 2606
Tel: + 44 (0) 191 233 0444
Sept 30th, GLASGOW BARROWLANDS
www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Tel: + 44 (0) 870 169 0100
Oct 1st, MANCHESTER ACADEMY
www.gigsandtours.com
Tel: + 44 (0) 161 832 1111
Tel: +44 (0) 161 237 5554
Oct 3rd, NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
www.gigsandtours.com
Tel: + 44 (0) 115 941 2544
Tel: + 44 (0) 115 912 9000
Oct 4th, SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY FOUNDRY
www.gigsandtours.com
Tel: + 44 114 222 8777
Oct 5th, BRISTOL ACADEMY
www.gigsandtours.com
Tel: + 44 (0) 870 771 2000
Oct 7th, FOLKESTONE LEAS CLIFF HALL
www.gigsandtours.com
Tel: + 44 (0) 1303 253 193
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