Drenge (album)

Drenge
Studio album by Drenge
Released	19 August 2013
Genre	Garage rock, grunge, blues rock, punk rock
Length	37:21
Label	Infectious
Drenge chronology
Drenge (2013) Undertow (2015)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(76/100) [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
NME	(8/10)[2]
The Guardian	[3]
The Independent	[4]
Clash	(8/10)[5]

Drenge is the self-titled debut album by British band Drenge. It was released on 19 August 2013 on Infectious Music. The album reached #39 on the iTunes charts upon its release.[6]

The album received mostly positive reviews with Clash Music describing the album's use of a "brand of raucous, nihilistic, grungy garage punk" as "thrilling", as well as stating that "The thrashing energy [heard in earlier tracks] does relent somewhat towards the end, yet this remains an impressive introductory manifesto."[5]

Their single 'Bloodsports' was nominated for Zane Lowe's 2013 Top 100 Hottest Records.[7]

The artwork for this album features a photograph of Wardsend Cemetery in Sheffield and a nearby scrapyard.

Track listing

From iTunes.[8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"People in Love Make Me Feel Yuck"	1:50
2.	"Dogmeat"	2:22
3.	"I Want to Break You in Half"	1:51
4.	"Bloodsports"	2:32
5.	"Backwaters"	3:12
6.	"Gun Crazy"	2:06
7.	"Face Like a Skull"	3:32
8.	"I Don't Want to Make Love to You"	2:48
9.	"Nothing"	3:40
10.	"Bye Bye Bao Bao"	1:10
11.	"Let's Pretend"	8:03
12.	"Fuckabout"	4:15

References

1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. NME review
3. "Drenge: Drenge – review". The Guardian. 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022.
4. The Independent review
5. Clash review
6. iTunes Page with chart information
7. Zane Lowe's 100 Hottest Records 2013
8. iTunes page for track listing

External links

• Drenge's official website