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Famous in Westminster. Unknown in their Derbyshire home town. The Loveless boys have had an odd year... Words R obert C ooke Portraits T om O ldham
There are lots of proud parents in Sheffield town centre. It’s graduation week at one of the city’s universities, so going to meet Drenge to talk about their ferocious debut album requires making our way through an obstacle course of caps, gowns, too-high heels, borrowed suits and retina-frazzling camera flashes. Aged 21, Eoin Loveless might have been joining them, with his 20-year-old brother Rory not far behind. But fortunately, neither is facing the tedium of the graduate employment the-fly.co.uk
market because, in what’s seemed like a matter of months, they’ve become one of the most exhilarating rock duos around and achieved the privileged status of being Castleton’s second most famous residents. “Shayne Ward lives up the road,” frontman Eoin tells us, when we ask Drenge (Danish for ‘boys’) if they’re their hometown’s biggest stars. “And the postman’s very popular. He recently retired and I’m sure if he got a Facebook page…” “Oh yeah, he’s about to have a big
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