Out of Nothing by Embrace

Out of Nothing, Embrace's fourth album, came out on 13 September 2004, and it's a comeback few saw coming. After If You've Never Been in 2001, Hut Records showed the West Yorkshire band the door and the public seemed to have moved on. They regrouped on a new deal, took their time with the songs, then cut the record at Olympic Studios in London early in 2004 with Martin "Youth" Glover producing.

What came out is big, earnest indie rock that sits neatly beside Coldplay and Keane, all swelling choruses and hearts on sleeves. Critics mostly praised the songwriting, though some found it flat and uninspired. Fans didn't care: it went to number one in the UK and Scotland, went gold within days and had reached double platinum by 2021. "Gravity" led the charge, hitting number seven in the UK, and the singles kept coming through a run of UK tours, the band's first American shows and two big shows at Leeds' Millennium Square in May 2005.

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