Embrace have released album title track LOVE IS A BASIC NEED today, on Valentine’s Day, which follows recent releases The Finish Line, Wake Up Call and Never, all taken from their forthcoming new album LOVE IS A BASIC NEED to be released on 2nd March 2018 through Cooking Vinyl.
Available as an instant grat track with pre-orders of the album, LOVE IS A BASIC NEED is the title track of the band’s forthcoming album and it is also one of the most heartfelt songs on the record. It is classic sounding Embrace, with the track building to an epic and poignant choir-backed chorus of “You’re Everything I’m Never Gonna Be. Only love is a basic need”. The video, which shows a powerful studio performance of the track, perfectly portrays the emotive impact of the song.
20 years into their recording career, Embrace are making an emphatic return with their seventh studio album. With three #1 albums, six Top 10 singles, sold out arena shows and over two million album sales behind them, Embrace returned to the music scene three years ago with their Top 5 self-titled album Embrace.
Already being hailed as a return to “classic” Embrace, new album LOVE IS A BASIC NEED was recorded in the first half of 2017 at the band’s own Magnetic North Studio, produced by Richard McNamara.
Check out the video for LOVE IS A BASIC NEED – BELOW:
With tracks such as the emotive string-laden ballads The Finish Line and All That Remains, LOVE IS A BASIC NEED sees Embrace return to the classic sound that first made us fall in love with them. The album’s overriding theme is one surrounding love and Danny says;
“Most people remember to eat, breathe and drink, but too many of us forget about love until it’s too late. The album is about the realisation that without food or water or shelter you die, but the same is also true of love. We set out to make an album where every song on it would stand up against the best songs we’ve ever written, and I’m pretty confident we’ve done just that.”
Following recent stadium support dates with Coldplay plus establishing and performing at their own award-winning secret festival, the band recently performed a short run of intimate shows, where they previewed songs from the album. They have announced a UK tour in March and April 2017 and full live dates are as follows:
March:
Wed 28 th Glasgow O2 Academy
Thurs 29 th Newcastle Northumbria Institute
Fri 30 th Nottingham Rock City
Sat 31 st Manchester O2 Ritz SOLD OUT
April:
Sun 1 st Cardiff Tramshed
Mon 2 nd Southampton Engine Rooms
Wed 4 th Norwich Epic
Thurs 5 th Birmingham O2 Institute
Fri 6 th London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Sat 7 th Leeds O2 Academy
Tickets are on sale now.
Embrace are brothers singer Danny McNamara and guitarist Richard McNamara, bassist Steve Firth, keyboardist Mickey Dale and drummer Mike Heaton.
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