Hills End

Hills End

Sydney’s DMA’s are in joyous, unrepentant thrall to a very specific sound: ‘90s Britpop. It’s all present and correct. The jangly guitars; the waves of earworm melody; the swagger; the bucket hats. And much like the best of Britpop, there’s an infectious, brattish bravado pulsing through this debut album. It’s straining with great swirling hurricanes of noise: “Lay Down”, “Too Soon” and “Melbourne”, for example, are devilishly catchy, pomped-up anthems that can’t reach their bulletproof choruses quick enough. The glimmering “Delete”, meanwhile, is the band’s “Wonderwall” and proof DMA’s can set their sights skywards.

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