One Step Closer have announced their sophomore album, All You Embrace, due May 17 via Run For Cover (preorder). They made it with producer/engineer Jon Markson (who’s also worked with Koyo, Drain, Drug Church, and more), and it finds them going in a more melodic direction. The first taste, appropriately released on Leap Day, is “Leap Years,” and that comes with a video co-directed by Derek Rathbun and the band.
“I wanted to showcase One Step Closer in its fullest state,” says vocalist Ryan Savitski of the new album. “Every single part of the band, I wanted it to be there. I wanted us to be 100% ourselves and be as authentic to our band as we could possibly be.”
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One Step Closer and like-minded friends Koyo and Anxious begin a three-way co-headlining tour tonight (Feb. 29). That includes support from Life’s Question on the first leg and Stateside on the second. All dates below. Our friends at BrooklynVegan are also giving away tickets.
One Step Closer All You Embrace tracklist
1. “Color You”
2. “Leap Years”
3. “Blur My Memory”
4. “The Gate”
5. :Your Hazel Tree”
6. “Orange Leaf”
7. “Esruc”
8. “Slow To Let Go”
9. “Topanga”
10. “Giant’s Despair”
11. “So Far From Me”
One Step Closer 2024 tour dates
02/29 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom *
03/01 Richmond, VA @ Canal Club *
03/02 Virginia Beach, VA @ The Bunker *
03/03 Greenville, SC @ Radio Room *
03/05 Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco *
03/07 Springfield, MO @ The Riff *
03/08 Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck *
03/09 Des Moines, IA @ Woolys *
03/10 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line *
03/12 Milwaukee, WI @ X-Ray Arcade ^
03/13 Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi ^
03/15 Cleveland, OH @ Foundry ^
03/16 Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme ^
03/17 Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground ^
03/19 London, ON @ Rum Runners ^
03/20 Detroit, MI @ Edgemen ^
03/22 Louisville, KY @ LBD Festival
03/23 Nashville, TN @ The End ^
03/24 Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory ^
03/26 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church ^
03/27 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair ^
03/28 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Monarch ^
05/25 Hatfield, UK @ Slam Dunk Festival
05/26 Leeds, UK @ Slam Dunk Festival
* w/ Koyo, Anxious, Life’s Question
^ w/ Koyo, Anxious, Stateside
