{"id":45051,"date":"2026-04-08T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45051"},"modified":"2026-03-29T08:49:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:49:50","slug":"embrace-share-new-single-stop-announce-june-outstore-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45051","title":{"rendered":"Embrace share new single \u2018Stop\u2019 + announce June Outstore shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Embrace are back with a new one. The Bradford five-piece have shared <em>Stop<\/em>, their second single from the upcoming ninth album &#8216;Avalanche&#8217;, out <strong>12th June via Cooking Vinyl<\/strong> \u2014 and alongside it comes a string of intimate outstore release shows lined up for June. Tickets are on sale <strong>now<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following lead single <em>Road To Nowhere<\/em> \u2014 which landed immediate support from BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 2, and Absolute Radio \u2014 <em>Stop<\/em> doubles down on the sense of liberation that&#8217;s been driving this record from the start. It&#8217;s a song about stepping off the treadmill, letting go of the grind, and actually showing up for your own life. As far as mission statements go, it&#8217;s a pretty powerful one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/66aYC1pt0tM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Danny McNamara on <em>&#8216;Stop&#8217;<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;<em>The track &#8216;Stop&#8217; pretty much says it all. It&#8217;s the clearest statement of where my head was at when we started this record. I was thinking a lot about scale, the fact that we&#8217;re on a rock spinning through space at a million miles an hour, heading into absolute nothing, with almost no control over the big picture. One day everyone and everything we&#8217;ve ever known will just be a fine layer of calcium, and there&#8217;s nothing we can do to change that. Oddly, I don&#8217;t find that depressing. I find it freeing. If none of this is permanent, then the pressure we put on ourselves, to be better, bigger, fixed, sorted, is kind of absurd. That song is a demand, to myself as much as anyone, to stop, look around, and actually live in the moment.&#8221;<\/em> \u2014 Danny McNamara<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About &#8216;Avalanche&#8217;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If there&#8217;s a thesis running through &#8216;Avalanche&#8217;, it&#8217;s this: joy isn&#8217;t in the big moments we&#8217;re conditioned to chase \u2014 it lives in the small, almost invisible flashes of magic that only reveal themselves when you slow down enough to notice them. McNamara opens up about the creative headspace behind the record:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;<em>We came into this album with a really simple idea: that real, deep, honest-to-God joy doesn&#8217;t live in the big, dramatic moments we&#8217;re all taught to chase. It lives in the small, almost invisible flashes of magic that happen when you slow down and actually live in the moment. Lyrically, I was trying to capture those little magic moments. Ironically, I&#8217;ve spent most of my life not noticing them, and when I finally did, they all came at once \u2014 it&#8217;s been pretty overwhelming. Which I guess is why the title AVALANCHE felt so right.&#8221;<\/em> \u2014 Danny McNamara<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Musically, the band were chasing feel over perfection \u2014 human, rough around the edges, alive. McNamara describes the approach as getting out of his own way, perhaps for the first time since the band&#8217;s debut. The result is an album that leans into contradiction, sits with discomfort, and isn&#8217;t afraid to say <em>I don&#8217;t know<\/em> \u2014 which, honestly, makes it sound like one of the most honest things they&#8217;ve ever made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0319.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0319.jpeg?resize=900%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0319.jpeg?w=900 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0319.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0319.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0319.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Avalanche&#8217; track listing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Road To Nowhere<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get Out Of My Own Way<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coming Home<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emily<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Up In Your Feelings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pure O<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deny<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Funny<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Power<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order new album\u00a0\u2018Avalanche\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ydiilde-ejlihlkhu-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outstore Release Shows \u2014 June 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets on sale now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fri 05 June<\/strong> \u2014 Circuit, Kingston, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sat 06 June<\/strong> \u2014 O2 Academy, Oxford, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sun 07 June<\/strong> \u2014 O2 Academy, Leicester, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tue 09 June<\/strong> \u2014 Birdwell Venue, Barnsley, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wed 10 June<\/strong> \u2014 The Met, Bury, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thu 11 June<\/strong> \u2014 Jacaranda Baltic, Liverpool, UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">30th Anniversary UK Headline Tour \u2014 November 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>And if the release shows aren&#8217;t enough, Embrace are going big for their 30th anniversary with a full UK headline run in November. Their hometown show at the <strong>6,000-capacity Piece Hall in Halifax<\/strong> this summer is already <strong>SOLD OUT<\/strong> \u2014 so don&#8217;t sleep on the rest of these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0320.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0320-819x1024.jpeg?resize=819%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0320.jpeg?resize=819%2C1024 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0320.jpeg?resize=240%2C300 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0320.jpeg?resize=768%2C960 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0320.jpeg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sat 13 June<\/strong> \u2014 Piece Hall, Halifax, UK \u2014 <em>SOLD OUT<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mon 09 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 Music Hall, Aberdeen, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tue 10 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thu 12 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 NX, Newcastle, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fri 13 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 O2 Academy, Leeds, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sat 14 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 O2 Academy, Manchester, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sun 15 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 Rock City, Nottingham, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tue 17 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 Dome, Brighton, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thu 19 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 Beacon, Bristol, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fri 20 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 Roundhouse, London, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sat 21 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sun 22 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 Corn Exchange, Cambridge, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tue 24 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 Dreamland, Margate, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thu 26 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 Arena, Torquay, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fri 27 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 O2 Guildhall, Southampton, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sat 28 Nov<\/strong> \u2014 Tramshed, Cardiff, UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Quick Word on Embrace<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For anyone who needs a refresher: Embrace have been a cornerstone of British music since their 1998 debut &#8216;The Good Will Out&#8217;, one of the biggest-selling debut albums by a British artist of its era. Over two million albums sold, multiple top ten records, and a fanbase that&#8217;s stuck around through every chapter \u2014 including the hiccup of losing their deal with Hut Recordings in 2002, which they bounced back from spectacularly with &#8216;Out Of Nothing&#8217; on Independiente in 2004. Their third number one, &#8216;This New Day&#8217;, followed in 2006, and they&#8217;ve never really stopped. Thirty years deep and heading into what sounds like their most personal album yet \u2014 &#8216;Avalanche&#8217; is shaping up to be something special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Embrace:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ydiilde-ejlihlkhu-z\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ydiilde-ejlihlkhu-v\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ydiilde-ejlihlkhu-e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ydiilde-ejlihlkhu-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TikTok<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-ydiilde-ejlihlkhu-w\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Embrace are back with a new one. 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