Photo: Shirlaine Forrest
28 April, 2014: In this digital age, the glory days of the meet-and-greets with bands seem like a long and distant memory. Fortunately, there are still opportunities for fans to meet their idols in the handful of mainstream music stores open across the UK. Embrace signed copies of their new, self-titled album in Manchester this week, and posed for selfies with fans. See photos here.
Embrace surprised us all with their return to music in 2014, but perhaps mostly because their new record is really good. It's rare for a band so attached to a scene to still sound relevant and modern nearly 20 years after their heyday, but with their new album, Embrace have done just that.
The album is out now. You've missed your chance to get Danny McNamara and co to sign copies in HMV Manchester though. Here's what happened