DIIV—Zachary Cole Smith [lead vocals, guitar], Andrew Bailey [guitar], Colin Caulfield [vocals, bass], and Ben Newman [drums]—craft the soundtrack to personal resurrection under the heavy weight of metallic catharsis upheld by robust guitars and vocal tension that almost snaps, but never quite.
In 2017, DIIV took the stage at Brooklyn’s Murmrr Theatre for a special, one-off, “unplugged” performance.
In August 2017 I was 5 months sober and DIIV hadn’t played a show in almost a year. Our friend Ric helped us set up an intimate acoustic show in a theater in our hometown of brooklyn. We decorated the stage with stuff from our houses and played our home videos on a tv. We invited our friends and family and played some songs from our first two albums and some other artists’ songs that felt important to us as a band. It felt like some kind of reset. We recorded the show and forgot about it for a bunch of years. We recently found the recordings and thought people might want to hear them. I think of it as a kind of official bootleg I guess. our friend Jarvis mixed it and our friends Parker and Jim made the art. enjoy.
– Cole
Includes unique arrangements of songs off DIIV’s first two albums, plus covers of Alex G’s “Hollow” and My Bloody Valentine’s “When You Sleep”.
released November 17th, 2022
Mixed by Jarvis Taveniere
The Fat Angel Sings 