Embrace announce “honest, open and raw” new album ‘Avalanche’ and 30th anniversary UK tour

Embrace have announced an “honest, open and raw” new album called ‘Avalanche’. Check out the new single ‘Road To Nowhere’ below, as well as details of a new 30th anniversary UK tour.

The new record marks the ninth studio album from the five-piece, and will be released on June 12 via Cooking Vinyl. Visit here to pre-order.

According to the band, the record will see them take on a new sense of honesty, and embrace how fate can pull you down different avenues that are beyond your control. It also sees them turn a spotlight towards the smaller, more humble moments that we can often overlook, but undoubtedly form some of the best parts of life.

“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,” said frontman Danny McNamara. “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.”

Today (Wednesday January 28), the band have shared the first taster of the new record in the form of lead single ‘Road To Nowhere’.

According the McNamara, the track is about the “the futility of a toxic relationship [and] the fact you don’t realise you’re on a road to nowhere until you reach the end of it.” Check it out below.

The theme in the song mirrors that of the record as a whole, and the band explain that in the writing process, they were not “trying to write something definitive, or sum everything up, or make any grand statement”, they were instead focusing on making the songs “feel honest in the moment they were written.”

“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,” McNamara continued.

“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,” he added. “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.”

As well as announcing new music, Embrace have also shared a new list of UK tour dates which will celebrate 30 years of the band.

Dates kick off on November 9 with an opening night at the Music Hall in Aberdeen, and continue throughout that month with stops in Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, London, Birmingham and more.

The tour will wrap up with a penultimate stop at the O2 Guildhall in Southampton on November 27, before a final show in Cardiff the next night (28). Visit here for tickets which go on general sale on February 6.

Embrace 30th Anniversary UK tour dates are:

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

Last summer Embrace joined Ocean Colour Scene, Cast and Sleeper in supporting James at the Sheffield Rock N Roll Circus.

Before then, they announced plans for a UK tour to mark the 20th anniversary of their landmark album ‘Out Of Nothing’ in 2024, and celebrated the 25th anniversary of their debut album, ‘The Good Will Out’ the year prior.