Melodic hardcore outfit One Step Closer have just released “Jinx“, their first new single to surface since 2024’s “All You Embrace“. The band themselves took on directing the below music video for the song, and are just about to head back out on the road. Guitarist Russ Thompson took the reins on this video, and had the following to say about the experience:
“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.”
With Ends Of Sanity, Bleed & Footballhead:
05/17 Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s
05/18 Chicago, IL – Subterranean
05/20 Minneapolis, MN – Legion Hall
05/21 Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
05/23 Denver, CO – HQ
With Bleed & Footballhead:
05/25 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
With World Of Pleasure, Bleed & Footballhead:
05/27 Seattle, WA – Vera Project
05/28 Portland, OR – Mission
05/30 Berkeley, CA – 924 Gilman
05/31 Los Angeles, CA – Midnight Hour
06/01 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
06/03 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
With Magnitude & Footballhead:
06/05 Austin, TX – The Ballroom
06/06 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
06/07 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
06/09 Louisville, KY – Portal
06/10 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
06/11 Syracuse, NY – The Song & Dance (feat. Drain, Koyo & Stateside)
06/12 Boston, MA – Middle East (Downstairs)
06/13 Reading, PA – Reverb (feat. Drain, Koyo & Stateside)
06/14 Brooklyn, NY – Meadows
06/17 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
06/18 Richmond, VA – Canal Club
06/20 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Purgatory)
06/21 Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
