All You Embrace, by One Step Closer

All You Embrace

by One Step Closer

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digital album releases May 17, 2024

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1.	Color You
2.	Leap Years 02:39	lyrics
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
3.	Blur My Memory
4.	The Gate
5.	Your Hazel Tree
6.	Orange Leaf 02:39	lyrics
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
7.	Esruc
8.	Slow to Let Go
9.	Topanga
10.	Giant's Despair 03:40	lyrics
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

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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.

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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

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