People ask me where my lyrics come from, and I’ve always been intentionally vague in the past. He has also recently written about suffering from PTSD McNamara suffers from the hearing condition, tinnitus, and supported a campaign for the condition. Secret gigs by the band so far have involved playing everywhere from beaches and forests to most notoriously a staged break in of the big brother house Closer to home his band are famous for spearheading a movement which later became known as guerilla gigging. Their sixth, and as yet untitled, album is expected to be released some time in 20?Įmbrace have not only enjoyed critical and commercial acclaim at home where they have picked up several awards and nominations including the coveted best new band award at the Brats, but they have also enjoyed similar success overseas, most notably in America where the band were put on the cover of billboard magazine, and in Thailand where their single "You're Not Alone" stayed at number 1 for six weeks becoming the biggest selling single of that year. The group has released five studio albums: The Good Will Out (1998) which went to number 1 Drawn from Memory (2000) If You've Never Been (2001) Out Of Nothing (2004) which also went to number 1 and This New Day (2006) was their most recent and also went to number one spawning their most successful single to date "Natures Law" which just missed the top spot by a few hundred copies. The band consists of brothers singer Danny McNamara and guitarist Richard McNamara, bassist Steve Firth, keyboardist Mickey Dale and drummer Mike Heaton.
To date they have released five studio albums, one singles album and one b-sides compilation. Danny McNamara (born Daniel Anthony McNamara, 31 December 1970, In Bailiff Bridge, West Yorkshire, England is the lead singer of Embrace.ĭanny and his brother Richard grew up in the village of Bailiff Bridge, near Bradford,in England.Īged 11, he passed his 11+ exam and gained entry to Hipperholme Grammar School near Halifax. When he left school, he studied psychology at Manchester uni but eventually quit to concentrate on the band, and having become tired of commuting.Įmbrace are an English rock band from West Yorkshire.
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