| Undertow | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Drenge |
| Cover: | Drenge-Undertow-art.jpg |
| Released: | 6 April 2015 |
| Recorded: | 2014, McCall Sound Studios |
| Label: | Infectious |
| Producer: | Ross Orton |
| Prev Title: | Drenge |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Autonomy |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
}Undertow is the second album by Drenge released on 6 April 2015. Their first release since expanding to a three-piece with the addition of bassist Rob Graham, who played on three tracks, the album was produced by Ross Orton and recorded at McCall Sound Studios in late 2014.[1]
The album was announced on 27 January 2015 and the band performed a track from it on The Late Show with David Letterman the same day, their first appearance on American television.[2] [3] [4]
The album's release was followed by a UK tour in April 2015.
The first single to be taken from the album, "We Can Do What We Want", was released in January 2015.[5]
Drenge's second record was well received by critics. DIY Magazine awarded the album a perfect score calling Drenge "a band finding their feet before taking to the skies." The continued: "The brilliance of ‘Undertow’ is in knowing just how much more Drenge can achieve."[6] The Guardian described Undertow as "the sound of a band who’ve found their murky flow" and "an album that will pull you under."[7] The NME said the album marks Drenge as the "UK’s most brilliantly disorderly band."[8] The Line of Best Fit declared: "Drenge make a bloodied mess of the idea 'second album syndrome.'" They continued: "Their second album continues the work of the first, a yardstick for the heavy guitar sound, and is in its own way as hard hitting, visceral and effortlessly brilliant." They awarded the album a score of 8.5.[9]