Embrace singer Danny McNamara has told the Scottish Sunday Mail that their sessions for their new album 'This New Day' were fraught with tension, and revealed that at one stage producer Youth went so far as to throw stuff at him. He says: "At one point, Youth wanted me to make a lyrical change to a song. When I didn't want to do it he picked up his tobacco box and threw it at me. Luckily it missed. He told me to grow up - which was a bit ironic. There were screaming matches, band members were leaving because they couldn't take it any more."
It's all worth it, though, of course. He continued: "Despite our rows, Youth has become like a sixth member of the band. 'This New Day' is our strongest work yet. It's the record I've always wanted to make - a big, rousing rock 'n' roll album. I sometimes think, if it gets too easy in the studio your music starts sounding a bit flat."