direct-to-metal (DMM)

The classically-trained musicians met in a college orchestra and quickly developed a mutual method and spirit of playing pop music

compiling a life’s work of an artist whose spark almost shined unto the world

this new album is as vital

minimum frills

THE SHIFTERS - open vault DLP Color:Blue direct-to-metal (DMM)The Shifters are from Melbourne. After releasing two stunning Full Lengths (one on Future Folklore, one on Trouble in Mind) and a few 7" on Digital Regress, Captured Tracks, a split LP with Parsnip and more This DLP collects a 25 songs of odds and ends, home recordings and more. All previously unreleased and those tunes show the wide range of Shifters greatness. Reminiscent of the Mekons, pastoral pop of 80s by Australian DIY legends like the