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 ...

Wilkes-Barre melodic hardcore band One Step Closer have released “Dark Blue,” their first new song since their great 2021 debut LP This Place You Know. The song was produced by Jon Markson, a frequent ...

If you have kids, never let them learn the "jinx" game -- the thing where they try to say the same thing at the same time as you, then yell "jinx!," and then you're not allowed to speak until someone ...

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 ...

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 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 ...