Last year, One Step Closer released their new full-length, ‘All You Embrace,’ boldly expanding the scope of their sound. Today, the Wilkes-Barre punk heroes are back with a massive new single, ‘Jinx.’
‘All You Embrace’ found One Step Closer creating their most anthemic and passionate work to date while still packing the bite that longtime fans have some to love, and ‘Jinx’ pushes that dichotomy even further. Recorded and produced by Jon Markson (Drug Church, The Story So Far, Drain, Koyo) it’s a towering cut of widescreen post-hardcore that envelopes the listener in churning guitars and vocalist Ryan Savitski’s fierce yet melodic roar.
Guitarist Ross Thompson discussed the music video saying: “I was inspired by director Andrei Tarkovsky: come up with a strange concept and make it look pretty. My goal was that if you paused the video at any moment you could print it out and hang it on your wall. Just make a pretty video with my pretty friends. This was all done within two weeks. Three days of filming (one day, one half day, then four hours) and then the rest was editing. I made the first rough draft in iMovie as the demo then my friend Layne who also shot it translated everything into Premiere. This was a group effort and fun project to work on with all the homies.”
One Step Closer have been touring nonstop in support of ‘All You Embrace’, their next round of shows is a lengthy North American headline run with support from Bleed, Magnitude, World of Pleasure, Stateside, and more. Attendees will be able to snag a tour-exclusive CD mixtape of songs (including ‘Jinx’) along with a 20 page zine made by the band.
Upcoming North American tour dates:
May 17th – Mahall’s – Lakewood, OH
May 8th – Subterranean – Chicago, IL
May 20th – Legion Hall – Minneapolis, MN
May 21st – The Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS
May 23rd – HQ – Denver, CO
May 25th – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT
May 27th – The Vera Project – Seattle, WA
May 28th – McMenamins Mission Theater – Portland, OR
May 30th – 924 Gilman – Berkeley, CA
May 31st – The Midnight Hour Records – Los Angeles, CA
June 1st – Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
June 3rd – The Rebel Lounge – Phoenix, AZ
June 5th – The Ballroom at Spider House – Austin, TX
June 6th – Club Dada – Dallas, TX
June 7th – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
June 9th – Portal – Louisville, KY
June 10th – The Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
June 12th – Middle East Downstairs – Boston, MA
June 14th – The Meadows – Brooklyn, NY
June 17th – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
June 18th – The Canal Club – Richmond, VA
June 20th – The Masquerade (Purgatory) – Atlanta, GA
June 21st – Hangar 1819 – Greensboro, NC