Aussie indie rockers, DMA’S only released their second album “For Now” on Friday, and to celebrate they kicked off their UK headline tour at Rock City.
DMA’S are certainly living “For Now”. Only last year they were supporting The Kooks on their UK arena tour and now they are supporting Liam Gallagher at his Finsbury Park show in the summer. The band certainly don’t show any sign of slowing down after their album release.
The trio kicked off their UK tour at Rock City on 27 April. Support came from fellow Sydney band, Planet where guitarists, Johnny Took of the DMA’S joined the band for a song.
The sold-out gig was unexpectedly filled with an array of ages, surprisingly because the band only burst onto the scene in 2016. However, they have received support from the likes of Liam Fray of Courteeners and Jon McClure of Reverend and the Makers.
Arriving on to the stage with plenty of swagger and beers in their hands, they opened with “Feels like 37”, their second single and evidently a fan favourite. Within the first 30 seconds, drinks were flying, and jackets hurled across the venue – you could tell that people were enthusiastic about the band.
New tracks “Time & Money” and “Warsaw” were greatly appreciated by the crowd, Tommy O’Dell’s soft vocals echoed around the venue beautifully. Devoted fans were moshing despite their second album being available for only a few hours prior to the gig.
“Delete” their biggest hit saw everyone get on shoulders to belt the song out to their hearts content.
Although the DMA’S haven’t got the greatest stage presences in terms of interacting with their audience, they didn’t really need to. They looked like they were having a ball on stage and perhaps slightly tipsy, with Tommy drinking a pint throughout the gig and guitarist Matt Mason standing on top of the speakers overlooking the crowd.
Tracks from their first album “Hills End” such as “Step up the Morphine” and “Play it Out” which capture the essences of the 90s, gave off major Oasis and The Charlatans vibes.
For an Australian band to gain so much support and love over in the UK is pretty rare. But because of their Manchester Britpop sound, they have rightly earned our backing and I already can’t wait to hear what they do next.
Check out the interview we did with the band in our Spring print edition, available across all three Nottingham Trent campuses.
Single Reviews: “For Now” and “In the Air”.
By Becky Lumbard