The surprise package of the decade, DMA’s return to sprinkle hope and sunshine on the dreary UK winter skylines once more. Their latest single ‘Silver’, released via Infectious Music, is the leadoff single to their upcoming third album.
No one can touch Thomas O’Dell’s right now. His soft but intensely emotive vocals cut through every ounce of election bullshit we’re fed at present. The story, an almost a modern take on Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity, looks back on a failed relationship and how they consume the male protagonist’s mind years later.
The torment within the lines ‘It’s funny that I think of you right now / Knowing all the years that turned to clouds’ is agonising. It will set minds racing to the one who got away immediately and questions of how it all slipped away will lurk painfully.
Thankfully, through the soaring closing stages, they offer a chink of light:
“How do I redefine
All my love for you
I guess I look to the sun with you
How do I realise”
Their que sera sera moment will drag you from unatoned realms to sun-drenched climates instantly.
If there is a sweeter sound than The DMA’s, by all means, let us know, we bet you’re wrong!