Social Gravy – Rapture and Rupture
Based in Los Angeles, Social Gravy is the indie rock project of Brad Kohn and Vee Bordukov, a duo who describe themselves as romantic rock’n’rollers. Their music blends riff-driven urgency with melodic accessibility, balancing emotional depth and hook-forward songwriting. While their sound carries mainstream appeal, it never sacrifices character or artistic integrity, earning recognition from outlets such as The Big Takeover and Rock Era Magazine, both of which have highlighted the band’s effortlessly cool aesthetic and Top 40 potential. Since forming, Social Gravy have maintained a steady creative output, releasing singles and projects including Fools, Behind Every Yes, California and Let It Out, A Different Kind, Lone Wolf, and These Are The Times.
Their single “Rapture and Rupture,” released on December 26th, 2025, arrives as a deeply intimate statement ahead of their forthcoming The Pebble EP, due in 2026. Written from what the band describe as a troubled heart trying to make good, the song feels less like a performance and more like a personal document captured in real time. Recorded live at Stagg Street Studios, it preserves a raw immediacy that suits its emotional weight. Subtle imperfections and shifts in dynamics remain, becoming essential parts of the narrative rather than flaws to be polished away.
The recording features Brad Kohn and Vee Bordukov on interlocking guitars, with Kohn also handling lead vocals and Hammond organ. Nick Maybury adds electric guitar textures, while Sharlotte Gibson and Carol McArthur provide backing vocals that expand the emotional palette. Mastered by Rodrigo Crespo, the final mix feels cohesive and purposeful. Rather than crowding the arrangement, each element is woven into the song’s emotional framework, supporting the central mood instead of competing for attention.
“Rapture and Rupture” opens with a delicate, slightly surreal melodic figure that establishes its atmosphere before a word is sung. There is a sense of suspension in these opening moments, as though the track is holding its breath. When the vocal enters, it does so quietly and intimately, almost conversational in tone. Kohn’s delivery feels exposed and deliberate, as if each line is being carefully weighed while standing on the edge of emotional collapse. This vulnerability becomes the song’s anchor, drawing the listener inward.
As the track unfolds, layered melodic voices surface, widening the emotional space without breaking the intimacy of the lead vocal. These harmonies feel internal rather than ornamental, like thoughts echoing within the narrator’s mind. The vocal performance grows more strained and insistent through phrasing and tension rather than volume. Sustained notes carry a fragile roughness that mirrors the song’s core theme, where surrender and damage exist side by side without clear separation.
Lyrically and thematically, “Rapture and Rupture” thrives on contradiction, exploring the push and pull between holding on and letting go, hope and fracture, without offering easy answers. Musically, the arrangement mirrors this tension. Sparse guitars dominate early on, while bass and drums introduce a steady mid-tempo pulse that feels like pressure gradually accumulating. Around the four-minute mark, the track swells into a fuller, more forceful expression, transforming restraint into catharsis without losing control.
Rapture And Rupture Is An Emotionally Immersive Rock Journey, Blending Vulnerability, Tension, And Raw Catharsis, Where Introspection Meets Sonic Force In A Quietly Powerful, Unforgettable Experience
As a whole, “Rapture and Rupture” feels heavy, earned, and emotionally complete, even without resolution. It stands as one of Social Gravy’s most vulnerable and affecting recordings, balancing introspection with sonic force in a way that lingers long after the final note fades. For those seeking something honest, immersive, and quietly powerful, this is a track to experience fully; volume up, distractions off.
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