Drenge - Favourite Son

There are moments on Drenge’s ‘Undertow’ album when the Loveless brothers break new ground, pave the way for something different. But this is a record that excels when the Loveless brothers revert to their gruesome default mode. ‘Favourite Son’ is the ultimate example, a brother rivalry pitting raw riffs against each others in a battle to the death. Spiralling out of control from the get-go, this is a bloodthirsty call to arms, a cage fight in song form, where the only way out is to get swept along.

There remains a sense that a good chunk of future Drenge converts haven’t quite come round yet. Maybe they’re yet to see the pair on stage, maybe they’ve been written off as just another fuzz-inclined bunch. Drenge are anything but standard-fare, though. And if ‘Favourite Son’ doesn’t prove it, nothing will. Brutal, breakneck, shamelessly fun - this is the group’s best track to date.