For Now

When an authority like Liam Gallagher cosigns a band, you can bet they\'ve passed the smell test. That\'s what happened to DMA\'s. On *For Now*, their second album, the Sydney trio is heavy on melody and reverb, and an occasional Hammond organ lends their sound extra warmth. There are proper stadium anthems like “Dawning” and “Warsaw,” while “Lazy Love” transforms from acoustic strum into a scuzz-rock affair. Tommy O\'Dell’s magnetic voice paints pictures like Aztec Camera’s Roddy Frame with the sing-song delivery of Ben Gibbard. Break out the parka and maracas—DMA’s show that a Britpop band can thrive outside of Old Blighty.

Aussie band DMA's continue to mine British guitar music of the '90s on album two, 'For Now'. Read the NME review

With the brothers Gallagher relegated to the back seat, the lads from Sydney are beginning to explore other britpop avenues on their sophomore effort, For Now, beginning with the baggy grooves of Inspiral Carpets, the Charlatans, and Happy Mondays, which serve as the foundation for the bustling title track -- you can almost hear Shaun Ryder's melon getting twisted.

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