Drawn from Memory

With their second album, British rockers Embrace take what worked in the debut ... and turn everything around. Out goes the catchy Oasis-like songs and in comes wider experimentation and variation in sound and an even bigger emphasis on overly long and melancholic pieces of post-Britpop. If the debut lacked recognizable melodies, then the follow-up fails does even worse in that matter. Sure, it brings more variation into the band's sound, and the choirs and brass instruments help make some ... read more