EMBRACE Embrace LP DISCHORD 1987 US reissue #24 IAN MacKAYE-MINOR THREAT-FAITH

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$6 postpaid. THIS IS THE 1988 US REPRESSING on DISCHORD Records [for European & US market, (never released in the States). Although manufactured in FRANCE, this is technically a US release]. SINGLE COVER WITHOUT INSERT. The cover is in VG+ condition, normal wear and without any major deterioration BUT mild creases on edges, light discolouration/wear on corners, left spine is fully readable; for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX/NM condition [barely played] and plays wonderfully.

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Anyone who ever wondered how hardcore pioneer Ian MacKaye could make such a drastic transition from the gritty, explosive, and terse music of Minor Threat to the expansive, melodic, and unpredictable sound of Fugazi can find the answer in Embrace. Along with Rights of Spring (fronted by Fugazi co-singer Guy Piccoloto), Embrace is considered to have pioneered the emocore sound. After years of screaming with Minor Threat, MacKaye began singing melodic, introspective lines with Embrace, which kept the fire and passion of hardcore, albeit slower and more heartfelt. Legend has it the new sound prompted someone in the audience to yell that Embrace was "emocore." Though it's hard to argue any of the hardcore bands weren't emotional, the emo label spread around D.C. and attached itself to many of Dischord's bands, as well as Sunny Day Real Estate and its progeny. After MacKaye left Minor Threat and brother Alec MacKaye left hardcore outfit Faith, Ian MacKaye and Faith's other three members -- bassist Chris Bald, guitarist Michael Hampton, and drummer Ivor Hanson -- formed Embrace in the spring of 1985. Over the next ten months, Embrace recorded an album's worth of material and unceremoniously broke up. In 1987, MacKaye and his label Dischord finally released the band's one and only album, Embrace, and the emocore revolution was well underway.

<reissue, originally published 1987>

tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures

LP     DISCHORD RECORDS     DISCHORD No 24

PRINTED IN FRANCE for the U.S.A. & INTERNATIONAL MARKET

U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER    WITHOUT INSERT

NOTES: On back cover: Only $6.00 postpaid from Dischord Records

Cat# DISCHORD No 24 appears on the spine.

Cat# DISCHORD records 24 appears on the rear of the sleeve.

Cat# № 24 appears on the labels.

Tracks A1 to B4 recorded 11/85

Tracks B5 to B7 recorded 2/86

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LABEL: DISCHORD - BLACK LABEL w/WHITE STRIPE - WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) DISCHORD No 24  (rear) 24

Catalog on labels: No 24

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): MPO DISCHORD 24-A-1

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): MPO DISCHORD 24 B-1

On labels: All songs by Embrace

©℗ 1987

Made in France

On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits

Only $6.00 postpaid from Dischord Records  3819 Beecher St. NorthWest

Washington, D.C. 20007

Printed in France

grading

RECORD EX/NM but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG but (please, see pictures and read above description)

The band's one album, taken from two separate mid-'80s recording sessions, finds the fusion of Faith's instrumentalists and Minor Threat's singer -- Ian MacKaye himself, older brother of Faith's singer Alex -- a successful enough blast of post-hardcore. It's no surprise per se that MacKaye wanted to push himself more strongly in future; compared to Fugazi, Embrace is fine but nowhere near as gripping or inventive. As a vehicle for his righteous, cutting lyrics and strong voice, though, it's more than fine. With engineering help from the legendary Don Zientara, everything's well-recorded and produced, MacKaye clearly cutting through the heavy band crunch. Interestingly, the instruments that come through the best are Ivor Hanson's drums, a neat switch around from the usual domination via guitar. Not that Michael Hampton's work sounds weak or poor; if anything, he brings a sharp turn-of-the-'80s U.K. style to fore, with the understated inventiveness of John McGeoch's early work in Magazine and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Consider his exuberant performance on "Dance of Days," both fiery and just pretty enough. Compared to both Faith's and Minor Threat's work in general, Embrace tries for something a touch poppier and a little less immediately frenetic, like a pause for breath after a full-on rampage. MacKaye's lyrical aim dwells as much on personal concerns and a search for courage as much as anything, continuing the themes of earlier efforts as "Look Back and Laugh." "Building" revolves around self-accusations of failure, while the shimmering, reverb-touched drive of "Do Not Consider Yourself Free" urges vigilance with the realization that "there are others held captive." It's not quite the birth of emo -- if anything, Rites of Spring found themselves saddled with that peculiar honor -- but it's easy enough to imagine more than a few '90s bands taking the words as holy writ...(AllMusic)