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DIIV

DIIV
Coming from the late-oughts dream-pop era, this indie guitar-based band first came on my radar with their debut album: 2012's Oshin. One of the most enjoyable & catchiest listens... 'til this day. DIIV started when Zachary Cole Smith got tired of being the touring guitarist for Beach Fossils so he decided to start his own band. The band name is a tribute to the Nirvana song "Dive." Right from the get-go (or is it gecko?) Cole new hot to intertwine guitar & bass in a way that took the listener on a passage of time- what I mean by that is that DIIV's music is more of a sensory-instrumental-trip. Put on your headphones- turn off your mind, relax & float down stream & enjoy the ride. It's gorgeous-melodic-fluid dream-pop. After a bout with heroin addiction & a fling with Sky Ferreira, Zachary Cole Smith got the band together & released 2016's Is The Is Are, a tremendous double-LP (single CD for those still buying {or the ultimate 17-track streamable rock-haze album}). 2019 gave us Deceiver, with this Brooklyn indie rock band proving they still got it with lead single "Skin Game." This band is at times like the heavier shoe-gaze band you always wished would get heavier! (*cough* *cough* Beach House.) DIIV's music shimmers & expands your mind into stratospheres you didn't even think music could take you to. High-five!
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