FROM DUSK TO DAWNING

There’s something fascinating about the way DMA’s compose themselves onstage. Oasis nods are amplified by the lackadaisical gravitas that frontman Tommy O’Dell wields, axemen Johnny Took and Matt Mason jamming to their hearts’ content on either side of him. Their high-stakes Britpop flair is larger than life in every way imaginable, which makes it all the more surprising when our meeting with Took and Mason finds them in a notedly relaxed state.

We’re at the cosy Lady Hampshire on the outskirts of their native Sydney, pop-punk covers of early