Too (Grande Edition - Extended and Remastered)

Re-mastered by original producer John A. Rivers at Woodbine Street Studio, July 2018. Includes 9 bonus tracks including single ‘b’ sides and the classic 12" Version of Shouting in Cafes.‘The D.H. Lawrence of Pop’. That’s how Jazz Butcher Pat Fish summed-up In Embrace singer Gary Knight back in ’83. You can see why. Too flows with yearning that burns and lust that busts. In places, Morrissey-esque before Morrissey. Yet, whereas The Smiths would wrap their soul-searching around a jangly beat group soundtrack, In Embrace here strip everything back and wrap each song only in its essential instrumentation. A rousing rhythm guitar, a looping bass line, a haunting keyboard or hypnotic percussion. A minimal approach which yields maximum intimacy. Knight’s emotion given motion by the raw rhythms of drummer Joby Palmer (before he played with Eyeless In Gaza) or the expressive guitar and keyboards of Richard Formby (before he played with The Jazz Butcher, Spectrum and others en route to becoming the producer who made Wild Beasts roar.) Now finally released for the first time on CD by Glass Redux, this ‘Grande Edition’ remastered and expanded release of In Embrace’s long-lost 2nd album also features nine extra tracks including three ultra-rare singles - the breath taking 12-inch extended version of Shouting In Cafés, the infectious infatuation of Your Heaven Scent and the hypnotic, doomed love-list of The Living Daylights - here, in both its single edit format and also in its head-spinningly visceral 9-minute original uncut mix. All wrapped in a card gatefold sleeve with a 16-page booklet featuring the complete lyrics and extensive sleeve notes.