All You Embrace (Limited Blue Glitter Vinyl LP)

One Step Closer has always believed that hardcore is limitless. On All You Embrace, the band puts that theory into practice. Every release from the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania band has seen them exploring the sonic overlaps of hardcore, emo, and '90s alternative rock without an iota of self-consciousness, or pretension, creeping into the mix. "We know what we want to do with the band," says vocalist Ryan Savitski. "We're just naturally writing what feels right to us." What feels right is All You Embrace, a collection of 11 songs that show One Step Closer reaching for something deeply honest and, as always, authentic.

With founding members Savitski and guitarist Ross Thompson at the helm of One Step Closer, alongside newest addition Colman O'Brien, the three were able to fearlessly guide One Step Closer in new directions. "There was never a conversation about us trying to sound more emo or sound more hardcore, it was just us doing what we were feeling and fully committing to that," says Thompson. With All You Embrace, that commitment is palpable. It's why you can hear every element of One Step Closer throughout the record, as they expound upon every idea until each one has achieved its full potential. The result is a record that's bigger, catchier, and moodier than anything they've done before, while still feeling exactly like One Step Closer.

Limited blue glitter vinyl.