Drenge are two brothers from a small town in England; they started making music together in high school. Eoin Loveless’ grungy, fuzzy guitars roil and shudder with a Black Sabbath/Nirvana kind of intensity, and drummer Rory’s foundations are so solid you might think you hear a bassline in the mix. Drenge opens with “People in Love Make Me Feel Yuck”; Eoin’s sardonic delivery cuts through the thick guitar buzz with lines like “We have no redeeming features/Just a desperate streak,” riding atop a lazy, slightly boogie-rock–infused rhythm before the title is chanted at song’s end with a kind of weary recognition. Their youthful dissing of everyday life (“Dogmeat”) and their more solemn observances of same (“Backwaters”), their successful stab at a dirge-ballad (“Let’s Pretend”) and hilarious riposte of Willie Dixon’s classic “I Just Wanna Make Love to You” (“I Don’t Wanna…”) all show that the brothers Loveless have clearly done some rock ’n’ roll homework. Then they shredded it through their teenaged-id filters with the throttle wide open. There's excellent production here, especially on the refreshingly crisp and upfront vocals.