The Drenge camp must rue their timing and how their emergence and debut album coincided with the arrival and progression of the Royal Blood bandwagon, another powerhouse featuring a duo rocking killer riffs and grungey guitars.
For Undertow, Eoin and Rory Loveless have added some colour to the proceedings with help from a new arrival, bassist Rob Graham, and a returnee in producer Ross Orton.
The results are massively impressive as the band discover a new momentum.
They’re still happily in hock to their garage rock and murky Yorkshire moors roots, but the playing and execution have come on hugely.
The Woods and Favourite Son have the Loveless brothers playing with fresh ideas and new lyrical notions, while the tense, emotional, savage playing throughout sets Undertow up as a ferociously pleasing modern rock record.
The brothers have worked it out.
