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Hills End by DMA's
Hills End is an album by DMA's, released in 2016. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Step Up the Morphine”, on 1 list with a best position of #39.
Hills End, the debut album from Sydney trio DMA's, arrived on 26 February 2016, two years after the single "Delete" and a self-titled EP had people paying attention. Tommy O'Dell sings, Matt Mason plays lead guitar and Johnny Took handles rhythm, and together they make a big, bleary, arms-around-your-mates kind of noise: strummed guitars stacked high, melodies built for singing back, O'Dell's voice somewhere between a sneer and a sigh.
"Lay Down", "Too Soon" and "Step Up the Morphine" carry the load. The record reached number eight on the ARIA albums chart, charted in the UK and the Netherlands, and earned BRIT Certified Breakthrough status. A 10th-anniversary vinyl edition, with a second LP of early demos, was lined up for February 2026.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Hills End on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step Up the Morphine | 1 | #39 | – | 2016 | |
| 2 | Lay Down | 2 | #77 | – | 2015–2016 | |
| 3 | Too Soon | 1 | #82 | – | 2016 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.