One Step Closer | |
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![]() One Step Closer performing in 2022 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Genres | Melodic hardcore |
Years active | 2016–present |
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Website | onestepcloserxxx |
One Step Closer is an American straight edge melodic hardcore band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. [1] The band is currently signed to Run for Cover Records. [2] The band was one of Stereogum's "Bands To Watch" [3] The band's debut album, This Place You Know, was released in 2021 to positive reviews. [4] BrooklynVegan calls them "one of the most exciting new bands in hardcore". [5]
Critics have categorised the band as melodic hardcore. [6] [7] Upset Magazine writer Rob Mair described their music as merging "classic DC emo with youth crew passion and late 90s melodic hardcore approachability to create a sound inspired by hardcore's past but beholden to no single scene." [8] The band often make use of elements of indie rock, [8] post-hardcore and shoegaze. [9]
They have cited influences including Turning Point, Inside Out, Title Fight, Blink-182, Green Day, [6] Have Heart, Bane, [10] and Mineral. [9]
Studio albums