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One Step Closer (band)
American hardcore band From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Musical style and influences
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]
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Members
Current
- Colman O'Brien - guitar (2022-present)
- Tommy Norton - drums (2019-present); guitar (2016-2019)
- Ryan Savitski - vocals (2016-present)
- Ross Thompson - guitar
- Caleb Hogue - Drums
Former members
- Brian Talipan - bass (2016-2022)
- Grady Allen - guitar (2019-2021)
- Tom Pisano - drums (2016-2019)
Discography
Studio albums
- This Place You Know (2021, Run For Cover)
- All You Embrace (2024, Run For Cover)
EPs
- O.S.C. Demo (2016, Silverwood Records)
- One Step Closer (2017, self-released)
- Promo (2017, self-released)
- From Me to You (2019, Triple-B Records)
- Promo 2020 (2020, Triple-B Records)
- Songs for the Willow (2023, Run For Cover Records)
References
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