Wilkes-Barre hardcore band One Step Closer are releasing their sophomore album All You Embrace this Friday (5/17) via Run For Cover, and it marks a few changes for the group. They’ve brought in new ...

Back in November, Wilkes-Barre hardcore band One Step Closer released their great new single “Dark Blue,” and today they’ve surprise-released a new EP, Songs For The Willow, featuring that song and ...

Wilkes-Barre melodic hardcore greats One Step Closer, a Stereogum Band To Watch back in 2021, will drop their sophomore album All You Embrace later this week. We’ve already posted the early singles ...

One Step Closer have released a video for their new song “Jinx”. The video was directed by the band and was produced by Kenzie Gasper. Sabrina Miller did the title cards and credits. The song is ...

The Wilkes-Barre hardcore band blends singalong accessibility, purgative heaviness, and thoughtful craft into songs about the disconnect between dreams and reality. Save this story Save this story One ...

This is the first song off American Troubadour, which is one of my favorite summertime records. On long drives where it’s just open road, this is the record. I plan on swimming and fishing a lot this ...

The Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania band One Step Closer arrived fully-formed a few years ago, bringing a kind of intense heart-on-sleeve melodic hardcore that can feel like an adrenaline needle to the ...