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9.0
58386
9.0 |
No Ripcord
Drenge’s debut is excellent, and it will no doubt have you appropriately ‘drenged’
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8.0
57698
8.0 |
DIY
Could be remembered as one of the high points of British rock music, it’s just that good
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8.0
57699
8.0 |
Clash
The thrashing energy does relent somewhat towards the end, yet this remains an impressive introductory manifesto
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8.0
57706
8.0 |
NME
A sardonic, punky and deeply British twist on the rock double act
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8.0
57728
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
The album’s eight-minute centrepiece, ‘Drenge’ characterises perfectly the frantic dissatisfaction of the young and the bored
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8.0
57749
8.0 |
musicOMH
It’s neither too deliberately lo-fi sounding nor too glossy, and there’s a complete lack of bullshit about it
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8.0
57761
8.0 |
The Guardian
Listen to the ton of frustration being offloaded on this debut – the sound of rock'n'roll at its most raw and untamed – and you'd be hard pushed to imagine it failing to grab the attention of anyone
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8.0
57829
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
When the Loveless brothers look out of their windows, one imagines they don't see the Peak District. They see the Trough District
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8.0
57972
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
An awesome band indeed
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8.0
58212
8.0 |
The Quietus
What it will do, though, is make your life a fuckload more enjoyable – and only a fool, surely, would sniff at that?
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7.6
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7.6 |
Earbuddy
A blunt honesty you’re not going to hear from many other acts. You’re not likely to hear songs this ballsy either
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7.5
57720
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
They’re a vicious pair with rage simmering just beneath their fleshy façades
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7.0
58175
7.0 |
Uncut
Across a full album the monotony that fuels their material threatens to snuff out any sparks. Print edition only
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7.0
58132
7.0 |
God Is In The TV
Drenge are full of positive bleakness, a very British take on the more romanticised likes of The White Stripes or the great Deap Vally
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7.0
57701
7.0 |
The 405
12 tracks that fluctuate between straight up rock, and blues-y tones similar to those of The White Stripes
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6.0
57884
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
The best of their debut album combines gritty, distorted rifferama
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6.0
58076
6.0 |
The Irish Times
They’re at their best when the riffs and swaggers come gloriously together on I Don’t Want to Make Love to You, full of spikey blues and stomping garagebeat panache
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6.0
58157
6.0 |
Q
It isn't a disaster by any means, but such an exciting live band shouldn't sound this tame on record. Print edition only
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6.0
57700
6.0 |
The Independent
Exhibit virtually no overt blues influences, relying instead on the heavily distorted guitar riffs common to grunge and garage-band psychedelia
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5.0
57870
5.0 |
The Digital Fix
There's little in the way of differentiation across the running time, with the brothers finding a riff (just one), running with it - and assuming that's enough
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