DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water (May 24, 2024) Album • Page 5

Another record that, much like Deceiver, really rewards repeat listens. Maybe my AOTY

 

yeah this rocks

 

Idk how the Apple interviews with Zane Lowe work re: when video is posted, but the audio of their interview can be found here

DIIV: The Zane Lowe Interview Radio Station on Apple Music

 

"Somber the Drums" been stuck in my head for like the past week

 

Went on bike ride this morning and threw this on. Back half of the record is so good, love all the layering in Little Birds

 

Yo so if anyone is going to their tour after today and is cool with it, there’s a shirt at the merch booth that I really want and they were out of in my size - I will happily put some money in your pocket and cover shipping if you picked it up at the show for me!

In other news I’m waiting for them to go on rn and am fucking HYPED, DIIV forever

 

I’m hoping to go to the Toronto show, happy to grab it for you if you’ll still need it by then

 

Oh word! No sweat if it doesn’t work out for whatever reason but I appreciate you for offering!

 

Also not just saying this, that was the best show I’ve seen in months, band continues to bring the juice live. Everyone in here should be trying to hit this up for real. If this wasn’t my aoty already it is now

 

I love hearing that, been wondering how they perform some of these songs live. I feel like with a lot of shoegaze style bands it can be hard to get everything mixed and balanced just right.

 

Cool article on their guitar gear:

DIIV’s Zachary Cole Smith and Andrew Bailey on pedalboard expansionism and shoegaze’s trippy future

 

My eyes have seen it all
Nothing's forgotten
I find it's hard to
Imagine a shock
The rotating villains
Profit off suffering
A doomsday machine glitch
Is our new god
The banality of evil
Poisons the garden
Bearing false witness
Sparing no cost
Remember they told us
The tide lifts our boats up
That ocean is dried out
And I can't look away

 

i’ve said “___________ is the one” about every song on this thing at this point

 

Fender On the Freeway came on in the car and that ending where the cymbal taps match the guitars layering on each other made me want to cry

 

Ryan! I got the shirt! Haha. A buddy going to the show in AZ tonight hooked me up. Good looking out though homie, hope you’re able to make Toronto!

 

Hell yeah dude! Glad you were able to get one. My passport came in the mail last week so should be good to go. Haven’t seen them since fall 2019, really looking forward to it!

 

Caught them in Boston last night for the first time. Everything they played sounded great and it was a well balanced set between new and old. Performance really cemented them as one of my fav bands at the moment.

 

Just checked this out yesterday and love it. On my second listen now and it’s just as awesome

 

It’s raining and this is really hitting tonight

 

somehow I prefer this to Deceiver now

rewards repeat listens like nothing else

love this record