Combining bluesy garage rock and touches of gloomy punk and harder rock,
the Red Step is a multinational outfit led by
the Black Heart Procession's Tobias Nathaniel. The project's self-titled debut appeared in 2020.
Formed in Belgrade in 2015,
the Red Step brought together Nathaniel, who sings and plays guitar for the group, with London cellist Sarah Jane Seatherton, keyboardist Boris Eftovski, bass player Rudolf Cibulski, and drummer Vladimir Markoski. The latter three were all members of long-running Serbian garage band Kazna za Uši, and Eftovski and Markoski played with Nathaniel in
the Black Heart Procession. After signing with Chicago-based Pravda Records, the five-piece made their recording debut with the song "Black Summer" in October 2020. Their first album,
The Red Step, followed on the label that December. ~ Marcy Donelson