Out of Nothing by Embrace is a mix of alternative rock and flowing, smooth lyrics about life and love. The group has an “anthemic rock” style, which the group is bringing back into the forefront. The sound is similar to that of Coldplay.

Embrace is from England and was formed in the mid 1990s. Now they are reinventing themselves with this new album.

“Ashes” has a section at the end where it is just the keyboardist and drummer playing and the vocalist singing softly. The keyboard is an integral part of this group’s sound that separates it from other alternative soft rock bands.

“Gravity” is about love. It’s slow and the keyboard is the most prominent instrument in this song as it sets the pace. The electric guitar comes in to give it more of a rock feel.

“Someday” is very epic and grand with its choir and makes the song feel like gospel rock. In this track, the group is sending out a message about regret, that people don’t realize what they’ve missed out on until it’s already over.

In “Looking as You Are,” the vocalist sounds like Coldplay’s lead singer, especially in this song. The vocalist somehow uses a little bit of falsetto to achieve this sound. He does this in several other songs as well. This song speaks about how women don’t need to look like someone else to look good.

“Wish ‘Em All Away” has a harmonica in the beginning and between verses that gives it an attention-grabbing sound. There is an electric guitar ending similar to Jimi Hendrix, although it fades out very quickly.

“Keeping” is also about love. The vocalist has an interesting way of singing here; it sounds as if he is not taking any breaths between words and is almost trying to imitate the instruments that envelop his voice.

“Spell It Out” goes back to the subject of regret. The drums stand out the most in this song and are at a faster pace than the other instruments and the singing.

“Glorious Day” is made up of keyboards and singing at the start. The high notes of the keyboards make it sound like a lullaby. The guitars and drums slowly come in later. This is another love song where the singer is telling someone, “You came along on a glorious day” and “Now I want you to save me again.”

“Near Life” has a slow electric guitar beginning and leads to the vocalist singing in a low, uninterested and depressed tone.

The last and title track, “Out of Nothing,” is another love song with a similar theme to “Glorious Day.” However, it is much slower and more depressing as the drums are not present to pick up the pace until later on. The lead singer has to “say goodbye” to whomever he loves. The song finishes with incredibly loud sounds from the guitars which take over and seem to echo each other.

Out of Nothing is set to be released by Lava Records at the end of the month.