DIIV - the next Nirvana? lol

It's a band that plays dreamy same-y songs and they have a new album full of slightly less same-y songs than the last set.

If you liked them the first time around, you'll probably like the new one too?

they're a poor man's Interpol, the guy can't write lyrics so he buries his voice in the mix

So you just don't like the band. That's all I was trying to clarify.

It's funny that apparently only the bad songwriters intentionally bury their vocals in the mix for that reason, but only good songwriters that do this do it for other reasons.

i don't think that's the case, i like Avey Tare a lot and he obscures or over-processes his vocals way too much. Bob Mould's vocals are way too low in the mix on the SST Hüskers records. It's a stylistic choice for ZCS, I don't think he considers himself a bad lyricist.

Right, I was reacting to your post that implied that very thing: "the guy can't write lyrics so he buries his voice in the mix".

well the guitars + rhythm section sound fantastic on the new dive record, and so i'll be listening to it again

early favorite is "healthy moon" which is the most lucid and beautiful song on the new one

album is up on Spotify, sounds pretty lovely.

super nice all around. the track with sky on vocals is amazing.

Healthy Moon is a really pretty track. Inventive guitar line.

do these guys still sound like Seventeen Seconds era Cure? not a bad thing mind you.

really like the new one.

This new one sounds really good with today's hangover.

new single just dropped, sucks ass

sounds like portastatic

I really like their new album. Reminds me of Seam a bit with lurching MBV guitars. Sounds more troubled than the last one. I like this band in general, the hate here is unwarranted

thinking of going to see them when they play here next week, new album is nice and shoegazey, could be good live

Is the Is Are has slowly become one of my favorites of the decade. I was skeptical of the fuzzed out sound of the new album for about a minute but already love it.

ok, which of these guys is ZCS? i'm comparing other photos of him and none of these guys look like him!

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2019/10/diiv1.jpg

oh wait, i just noticed the mole by his mouth. never mind, i guess. but he looks a lot different.

maybe i should go listen to the new album. i love the first two.

checked 'em out tonight, they played the new album in its entirety and a couple tracks from the first two albums (only doused from oshin, I think)... last three songs (blankenship/acheron/dust) they rocked out and it was heavenly. the seam/MBV sound is OTM.

-the kids were going nuts for them
-did not expect a mosh pit

New album sounds so familiar but can't place the references (besides some of the MBV haze).
Anyway, a bit samey but I really like it

Just heard 'Blankenship' and it's up my alley. How does it compare to the rest of the album?

I know there aren't many DIIV fans on ILM, but I really like them. New album due out in April, Frog in Boiling Water.

https://diiv.bandcamp.com/album/frog-in-boiling-water

very '90s fashion in the video, which also features Fred Durst:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrSJRo-DOeQ

Via spending a lot of times in thrift stores from 1987-1996, I can practically smell their outfits vividly.

The middle guy looks like present-day Beck cosplaying as his early-90s self.

The outro guitar lead (comes in ~3m55s) is a shameless cop of the verse hook/melody of MBV's "I Only Said".

I think it's obvious enough that they're expecting people to connect the dots though I do wonder if Shields is in the songwriting credits.