Hills End (album)

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Hills End
HillsEndDMAs.jpg
Studio album by
Released26 February 2016 (2016-02-26)
Recorded2014–2015
Genre Britpop Revival
Length46:02
Label I OH YOU, Mom + Pop Music, Infectious
Producer Dylan Adams, DMA's
DMA's chronology
DMA's
(2014)
Hills End
(2016)
For Now
(2018)
Singles from Hills End
  1. "Lay Down"
    Released: 29 September 2015 [1]
  2. "Too Soon"
    Released: 13 January 2016 [2]
  3. "In the Moment"
    Released: 18 February 2016 [3]
  4. "Timeless"
    Released: 24 June 2016 [4]
  5. "Step Up the Morphine"
    Released: September 2016 [5]

Hills End is the debut album by Australian indie rock band DMA's, released on 26 February 2016. It peaked at number eight for one week in March 2016 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album also charted in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The album has received BRIT Certified Breakthrough status. [6]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by DMA's (Johnny Took, Matthew Mason and Thomas O'Dell), except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Timeless"
  • Took
  • Mason
  • O'Dell
  • Thomas Crandles
4:42
2."Lay Down"
  • Took
  • Mason
  • O'Dell
  • Patrick Harrowsmith
3:14
3."Delete" 4:27
4."Too Soon"
  • Took
  • Mason
  • O'Dell
  • Crandles
3:23
5."In the Moment"
  • Took
  • Mason
  • O'Dell
  • Harrowsmith
3:52
6."Step Up the Morphine"
  • Took
  • Mason
  • O'Dell
  • Crandles
2:52
7."So We Know" 3:26
8."Melbourne"
  • Took
  • Mason
  • O'Dell
  • Crandles
3:35
9."Straight Dimensions" 4:05
10."Blown Away" 4:44
11."The Switch" 4:21
12."Play It Out"
  • Took
  • Mason
  • O'Dell
  • Crandles
3:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

DMA's

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 8
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 75
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 36

Certifications

Certifications for Hills End
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [10] Silver60,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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