Jewel Case enclosure, Includes 24 page lyric booklet. Released by Run For Cover Records.
*Please note that this item is a pre-order - will ship in Mid-May 2024.
Includes digital pre-order of All You Embrace.
You get 3 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
digital album releases May 17, 2024
item ships out on or around May 14, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$15USDor more
Streaming + Download
Pre-order of All You Embrace. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
Purchasable with gift card
releases May 17, 2024
$8USD or more
Limited Edition LP - Blue, White & Black Swirl
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited to 500 Copies. Released by Run For Cover Records. Includes 12" x 12" 24 page lyric booklet, 12" x 18" double-sided poster and matte heavyweight LP jacket.
*Please note that this item is a pre-order - will ship in Mid-May 2024.
Includes digital pre-order of All You Embrace.
You get 3 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
Watch the feeling rot from the inside
I know it’s hard
When I can’t stop breathing
And see you every time
Watch you move out of time
Sign your name on the dotted line
If you wanna run and hide
Then tell me what you want from me
But I hope
That you’ll bring some clarity
When I take myself to seriously
I’m left wide open
To leave so full of promises you left me nothing
I heard your name
And it’s nothing but a dream again
Forget your face and it carried all of me
I heard your name
And it’s nothing but a dream again
Forget your face and it carried all of me
But I hope
That you’ll bring some clarity
When I take myself to seriously
I’m left wide open
Did you go and make a lie to see me broken
To leave so full of promises you left me nothing
I heard your name
And it’s nothing but a dream again
Forget your face and it carried all of me
I heard your name
And it’s nothing but a dream again
Forget your face and you carried all of me
I’ll wait for too long
I don’t need to be alone
To be alone
So this time
I’ll just standby
And watch as the months go by
When you find out
I’m not really gone
Bring life to me
As my colors bleed
When I wait too long after months of rain
You don’t have to speak
Of this tragedy
When I thought that things could be different
So talk and
make me forget
How I’ve been gone
We missed the trees glow
Gold beneath
Don’t try and
Tell me different
When I’m back again
You’ll fill the streets with
Orange Leaves
Sit at the top of courtright
I’ve seen the view a thousand times
With each seasons pass
This piece of home I’ll reattach
With every chance
You’ll come and go
Lose touch with everyone
You cared to know
You don’t have to speak
Of this tragedy
When I thought that things could be different
(I’ll turn it off
I’ll miss it all
The seasons come
Then I will go
You’ll never know)
Pass by the mountain parkway
Look back at what’s surrounding
Cloud covered skies in the valley
The only home I’ve come to know
Nothing will change if I don’t go
So I’ll choose to be alone
Slow
But I’ve been suffering
And threw it at the wall
To see how far I’ve gone
But I’ve been sitting home
Thinking for too long
When did I mess this up
Why won’t I hear you call
But I can’t leave this run
Face to face with love
Help me find this once
I’ve been walking around
Remember talks but found out
Who are you outside of town
Did I fail the life I’ve been through now
Slow
But I’ve been suffering
And threw it at the wall
To see how far I’ve gone
But I’ve been sitting home
Thinking for too long
When did I mess this up
Why won’t I hear you call
But I can’t leave this run
Try to take this from
Someone that you can
Face to face with love
Help me find this once
I’ve been walking around
Remember talks but found out
Who are you outside of town
Did I fail the life I’ve been through now
Call you out and fall down
Hear talks from my bedroom
Who are you outside of town
Did I fail the life I’ve been through now
I heard it all
Only dream so far
When it’s hard to figure out
I’m out
I’m out
I see it all
Failed you once more
Why’s it hard to figure out
You’re out
You’re out
11.
So Far From Me
about
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.
“I wanted to showcase One Step Closer in its fullest state,” says Savitski. “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.” For fans of From Me To You, there are songs like “Blur My Memory,” which show the passionate melodic hardcore the band built its name on is still part of the program. But it’s immediately followed by “The Gate,” a song that taps into the expansive reaches the band hinted at on This Place You Know and put on full display with the powerful follow-up EP, Songs For The Willow.
Recorded with Jon Markson, who also played bass on the album, along with Connor McAuliffe on drums, All You Embrace finds One Step Closer refreshed and ready to try anything and everything. “No idea was shot down,” says Thompson, “We weren’t really thinking about if people were going to think we were lame for having a piano track on the record or for Ryan singing more. We tried everything to make it sound as good as we possibly could.”
In addition to the masterful ears of Markson, the band did two separate writing sessions with Knocked Loose’s Isaac Hale and Citizen’s Mat Kerekes. Across three songs each, Hale and Kerekes helped One Step Closer embrace their sonic evolution, giving the band full permission to commit to their distinct vision. “This was the first time we’d ever done something like this,” says Savitski. These collaborative environments, working with songwriters they’d long respected, allowed One Step Closer to take bigger swings and approach the album with a newfound clarity. “They helped push us and give us the courage to take some of these creative leaps,” says Thomspon.
The leaps made in the music reflect the lyrical themes that Savitski dug into throughout All You Embrace. “I don’t feel like a kid anymore, he says. “There’s been so much change since the last record—losing members, losing relationships, losing friends, touring a lot, seeing your friends and family less—and this record captures all the changes in our lives since then.” But for all that loss, One Step Closer found ways to regroup and rebuild. With the addition of O’Brien on guitar prior to Songs for the Willow, Savitski and Thompson found themselves a new creative partner. At every step of the process, O’Brien didn’t just fill a void, he became an indispensable part of One Step Closer’s backbone.
“We’ve lost things, but we’ve given and we’ve gained things, and it’s capturing all of those emotions into a set of songs. With change, you have to either embrace it or deal with it, but all the change for us was for the right reasons.” That cumulative feeling of loss, growth, and hard-earned perspective is what makes songs like “Leap Years” so moving. It allows Savitski to dig into the feelings of people entering and exiting his life, in the same way he taps in and out of worlds while on tour.
By the record’s end, the one-two punch of “Giant’s Despair” and “So Far From Me” fills the album with a bittersweet feeling of one journey ending just as another is about to begin. In each chorus of “So Far From Me” when Savitski sings, “But when it swallows me whole tonight / I’ll just keep on running / Back again see you soon / And the next time to say goodbye / Goodbye,” his words carry even more weight. You’ve seen exactly where he’s been and what lies ahead, all in one album.
Taken in full, All You Embrace is the sound of One Step Closer honoring their past while building a future that looks more open, more creative, and more expansive. It’s a place where records like Start Today, Diary, and Floral Green are all in conversation with one another. “We’ve honed in on a central vibe and aesthetic that really speaks to all of us,” says Thompson. “It encapsulates exactly who we’ve become.” When asked who that is, Thomspon answers swiftly and decisively, “We’re One Step Closer, a straight edge band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.” Sometimes the answers you’re searching for are right in front of you all along.
credits
releases May 17, 2024
Credits:
Produced and engineered by Jon Markson at The Animal Farm in Flemington, NJ
Additional production and engineering by Rob Chiarappa and Eric Chesek
Mixed by Sam Guaiana
Mastered by Mike Kalajian at Rogue Planet Mastering
Bass and additional guitar by Jon Markson
Keys by Rob Chiarappa and Jon Markson
Trumpet on Leap Years by Dave Levy
Northeast straight-edge hardcore taken to the cathartic, infectious extreme; a fiery EP fueled by spite, spirit, and sick riffs. Bandcamp New & Notable May 24, 2023