Album review: One Step Closer – All You Embrace

Hardcore is limitless, according to One Step Closer. In a musical world that’s become clustered with a dizzying amount of sub-genres, the Pennsylvania-based outfit deserve kudos for throwing the rulebook to the wind on this second album. On All You Embrace, they’re jumping from the platform they built on their 2021 debut, This Place You Know, and landing in new sonic realms. Given they took part in songwriting sessions with Knocked Loose​’s Isaac Hale for this record – you know, the band who famously sampled The Beach Boys at the end of one of their most vicious belters? – this creative courage makes sense.  Across 11 tracks, All You Embrace is group therapy for dealing with change and things beyond your control. From love and loss – both romantically and platonica...

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