This is one heavy album. Even if the word ‘heavy’ didn’t feature heavily in many of the song titles, I’d still be drawing that conclusion. Sure, it’s the kind of indie punk rock you’d expect from a band that’s played shows with Sonic Youth and Ex Models, but it’s wrapped in a thick coating of METAL and it’s all the more chewy for it.

If Queens of the Stone Age were cooler, less annoyingly precise and more punk rock then they’d probably sound like ‘The Brotherhood. There are monsterous riffs, gnarly solos, metal fuzz, sing along choruses. And then there’s PIL style atonal tunery and Melvins mosh parts