Flawless victory

Last night I sat, looking into my glass of white, contemplating the world, all the while Embrace loomed in the ether.
Their latest album, Out Of Nothing, is nothing short of brilliant. We're taken down a lane of memories filled with broken cobbles, deep potholes and cracks that would break even your mothers back.
This time round, the brothers MacNamara push the envelope and come through with a heart wrenching, atmospheric trip that will no doubt leave many thinking they're star crossed between Oasis and Spiritualized.
The opening track Ashes is a bit of a departure, as it's broader and more stylistic than their usual rock inspired anthems. It'll definitely inspire.
The cd plays out like a score to a film filled with a main character that suffers from little more than disappointments in love and life. Although the lyrics are dark, it's not long before you become more than a willing participant in it's sweeping journey. Glorious Day starts out as a lullaby with soft sounds soon swept under by a beat that clings ever so slightly to hope and then suddenly crashes down at your feet in despair. It's theme is more about relying on things that are dismal than anything else. I read somewhere that the track Keeping is actually the only song on the album that's about Danny MacNamara's ex-girlfriend. It's a little hard to fathom, considering the tone of the entire project. He claims that he promised himself he wasn't going to write any songs about her and their unfortunate demise, but in the end, their story served as a muse for one of the saddest songs I've heard in a long time.
Over all, it's books worth of both horrible and lovely things, as the lead singer had said recently in an interview. After listening to this lush and lyrical diary, I have to concur.