One Step Closer is an American straight edge melodic hardcore band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

[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.