Has a year on the road cultivated a more sophisticated sound for the Loveless brothers? Have a listen and let us know what you think

From People in Love Make Me Feel Yuck to I Want to Break You in Half, Eoin Loveless and Rory Loveless’ debut album was wracked with a visceral, gnarly frustration, a sound described by the Guardian’s Tim Jonze, as “unashamedly harnessing a very teenage kind of angst”. So has a year on the road cultivated a more sophisticated sound for the brothers?



While the spirit of uninhibited punk rock is still very much in tact (We Can Do What We Want, Running Wild), their songwriting has edged away from youthful brattiness and into the stern malevolence of your early 20s. Entitled Undertow, the followup to their self-titled album was written and recorded while on tour and between their hometown of Castleton and Sheffield and features a third member, Rob Graham, playing bass on three songs.

We’ve got the full stream of the album ahead of its release on 6 April on Infectious Music. What do you reckon of the followup? Will Tom Watson remain a fan? Will their next album be about tax rebates and Ocado orders? Let us know in the comments section.

