One Step Closer All You Embrace White Vinyl Edition

One Step Closer has always believed that hardcore is limitless. OnAll You Embrace, the band puts that theory into practice. Everyrelease from the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania band has seen themexploring the sonic overlaps of hardcore, emo, and `90s alternativerock without an iota of self-consciousness, or pretension, creepinginto the mix. All You Embrace is a collection of 11 songs that showOne Step Closer reaching for something deeply honest and, asalways, authentic."I wanted to showcase One Step Closer in its fullest state," saysvocalist Ryan Savitski. "Every single part of the band, I wanted it tobe there. I wanted us to be 100% ourselves and be as authentic toour band as we could possibly be." For fans of their first EP FromMe To You, there are songs like "Blur My Memory," which show thepassionate melodic hardcore the band built its name on is still partof the program. But it's immediately followed by "The Gate," a songthat taps into the expansive reaches the band hinted at on ThisPlace You Know and put on full display with the powerful follow-upEP, Songs For The Willow. Every element of One Step Closer is ondisplay throughout the record, as they expound upon every ideauntil each one has achieved its full potential. The result is a recordthat's bigger, catchier, and moodier than anything they've donebefore, while still feeling exactly like OSC.Taken in full, All You Embrace is the sound of One Step Closerhonoring their past while building a future that looks more open,more creative, and more expansive. It's a place where records likeStart Today, Diary, and Floral Green are all in conversation withone another. Even the album's cover art marks a new direction forthe band - the dizzying, frigid blur of blues & blacks colliding is apainting of guitarist Ross Thompson spinning in place, evoking howit feels to listen to these eleven tracks about change, grief, angerand the growing up. One Step Closer feels like the next in a lineof revered bands coming...