Gravess - losing everything that makes life beautiful

Labels: Severed Records/Zegema Beach Records

Formats: Vinyl/Digital

Release Date: 21 Jan 2026

Tracklist: 

1. title track

2. one day it will come.

3. borrowed time and borrowed eyes and borrowed world with which to sorrow it.

4. 2023

5. deconstruction patterns

I always planned to start reviewing Zegema Beach’s 2026 releases as soon as they appeared, because if I continued with my original plan it would be three months before I got to them (given the pace of my current output!). Welcome Gravess to the blog, a screamo band from Florida. I guess you could call it an EP but it's on an LP and it's their first release in just over two years. ZBR worked with Severed Records on it as well.

I was supposed to be enjoying a work-free week this week, but things conspired against me and I’ve had to delay it for a while. Instead, I’m looking forward to when I can take the time off (hopefully in a few weeks) and I’m trying to end January on a high, which is where Gravess come in. Another new name to me but one that’s amongst many so far this year and I’m here for it. 

Opening losing everything that makes life beautiful, ‘title track’ is brimming with pent up anger and genuine emotion. The vocals hit so hard in both tone and register, while the percussion and guitars provide a more subtle/melodic backdrop. It’s heavy when it needs to be and gentle when it doesn’t. ’one day it will come.’ is a completely pure example of post-hardcore in this modern age. Instrumentation leads the way, interspersed by spoken-word passages and intense screams. Absolutely epic! I don’t think you could ask for anything more.

In the well-healed tradition of long screamo song-titles, ‘borrowed time and borrowed eyes and borrowed world with which to sorrow it.’ is one to add to the list. It actually has a punkier rhythm to it initially before stopping on a dime, switching tempos entirely and becoming an off-kilter beast all of its own. The feedback that it ends with flows into ‘2023’, which reignites the old-school approach that Gravess take throughout this record. When I say old-school though, I’m only really talking about the mid-2000s, though that era feels like a long time ago now. Gravess harness it and make it real in the same way that I Promised The World do.

For those hoping that ‘deconstruction patterns’ will be the destructive ending to this record are in luck, as it delivers in every aspect. It’s the shortest yet possibly the most impactful because of it. There’s just something about this release that reaches another level. Gravess are excellent, but they don’t need me to tell them that.

You can stream the release and purchase it as a name-your-price download from Gravess below:-

12" LP copies can be purchased from the links below:-

Severed Records - https://severedrecordss.bigcartel.com/product/gravess-losing-everything-that-makes-life-beautiful

Zegema Beach Records USA - https://zbrusa.com/products/gravess

Gravess Instagram - @gravess._

Severed Records Instagram - @severedrecords_

Zegema Beach Records Instagram - @zegema_beach