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Following up to 2022’s ‘How to Be a Person Like Other People‘, West Yorkshire’s Embrace have announced their ninth album ‘Avalanche‘, giving fans the first taste of new music with the release of their brand new single.

Premiered on BBC Radio 2 by Vernon Kay, the first single titled ‘Road to Nowhere‘ is out now. Listen HERE.

In a press release, frontman Danny McNamara said “It’s about the futility of a toxic relationship — the fact you don’t realise you’re on a road to nowhere until you reach the end of it. And really, all roads lead there eventually, so the only thing that matters is how you travel. That’s why the song feels uplifting as well as sad: because the intent was pure. There’s belief, optimism, a stubborn faith that love will get you somewhere better. In retrospect unfortunately in this instance that faith was deluded — the road didn’t lead where I thought it would — but the journey was real, and it was everything I had.”

‘Avalanche‘ is set for release 12th June 2026 via Cooking Vinyl. Pre-order HERE.

Danny goes into detail on the album by saying “We came into this album with a really simple idea: that real, deep, honest-to-God joy doesn’t live in the big, dramatic moments we’re all taught to chase. It doesn’t live in huge, unattainable goals or impressive, life-changing achievements. 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’ve spent most of my life not noticing them, and when I finally did, they all came at once — it’s been pretty overwhelming. Which I guess is why the title AVALANCHE felt so right.

There’s also a deep acceptance running through the whole record — that life is fragile, ridiculous, beautiful, terrifying, and short, all at once. Once you really sit with that, a lot of the pressure disappears. We weren’t trying to write something definitive, or sum everything up, or make any grand statement. We just wanted the songs to feel honest in the moment they were written. Ironically the less you consciously try to say something, the more you end up saying. I got out of my own way. Maybe in a way I haven’t been since the first album. Musically, that meant choosing feel over perfection. We wanted the music to sound human — rough around the edges — because the little moments of magic are never polished. You don’t build them, they just arrive. And if you’re paying attention, you might just capture something real. If you’re lucky. Lyrically, I wasn’t interested in distance or irony. I wanted to write from inside the feeling — whether that was love, panic, grief, obsession, or hope — and stay there long enough for it to tell the truth. A lot of the songs live in contradiction, but that tension felt honest.

At its core, this album came from realising that life doesn’t wait for you to be ready. It just keeps happening — and you either show up for it or you don’t. The biggest change on Avalanche is that we stopped trying to figure everything out. This album probably asks more questions than it answers. We let songs stay uncomfortable. We let them say I don’t know, I’m scared, or this might never be enough. That felt more honest, open, and raw than anything we’ve done before.”

Embrace are set to mark three decades as a band this year, with an extensive run of dates which see’s them perform all of their greatest hits.

Tickets for the UK tour go on sale 6th February 2026 at 10am.

November 2026
Mon 09 – Music Hall, Aberdeen
Tue 10 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
Thu 12 – NX, Newcastle
Sat 14 – O2 Academy, Manchester
Sun 15 – Rock City, Nottingham
Tue 17 – Dome, Brighton
Thu 19 – Beacon, Bristol
Fri 20 – Roundhouse, London
Sat 21 – O2 Academy, Birmingham
Sun 22 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Tue 24 – Dreamland, Margate
Thu 26 – Arena, Torquay
Fri 27 – O2 Guildhall, Southampton
Sat 28 – Tramshed, Cardiff