In some respects, the members of the Embarrassment defied the odds. The band blossomed in the dry cultural soil of Wichita in the late 1970s and early 1980s, helped birth a music scene, toured the ...

Wichita, Kansas band The Embarrassment made “blister pop,” an appealingly jangly blend of punk and new wave, for a short run in the late-’70s and early-’80s, putting them in league with The Feelies ...

Here’s The Star’s review of the Embarrassment’s reunion show on Aug. 20, 2006, at Liberty Hall in Lawrence. For a few awkward moments, it seemed like this reunion wasn’t going to be what everyone ...