
The album was released in September 1987 on Dischord Records, in LP format. All of the songs were recorded by the same lineup at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia, with Don Zientara as audio engineer.

The first eleven tracks were laid down in November 1985, while the other three were done in February 1986. Production and release Įmbrace was compiled from the only two studio sessions the band recorded.

Although recorded between November 1985 and February 1986, the album would not be released until 1987, after the demise of that social movement and the dissolution of the band. The album, released by Dischord Records, consists of songs composed and performed in the context of Washington, D.C.'s 1985 Revolution Summer by one of its mainstay acts. Embrace is the debut record and the only release by the American post-hardcore band Embrace.
