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Bands you should be listening to #7: DMA's

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Drawing inspiration from a band of Oasis' calibre is always a dangerous game to play. Perfectly justifiable, of course, but a dangerous game to play. Trying to emulate the showmanship and songwriting skills of the aforementioned can often lead to a failure of colossal proportions. You'd be hard pressed to find an emerging band from Manchester who don't claim to have drawn some kind of inspiration from Oasis, in some point of their careers. One particular band take tremendous pride in doing so, however, aren't Mancunian. Or British, for that matter. Australian three-piece, DMA's, formed in 2012, in Sydney. They quickly gained themselves a reputation as the 'Australian Oasis'. In doing so, they portrayed a likeness to Oasis that no British band can currently claim to. They've adopted the retro sportswear, the high-pitched monotonous vocals and the mid-pace gritty sound that Oasis became synonymous with. Despite growing up on the other side of the wo...