Welcome back to Crate Digging, our recurring feature that delves into music history and features various albums every music fan should know about. In this edition, DIIV puts themselves to the test with a list of 13 albums they think their bandmates would probably hate.
The DIIV are experts in playful tension. It is an important characteristic of Frog in boiling watertheir fantastic new album that oscillates between diffuse anti-capitalist rage and heartbreaking apathy.
However, as a group, the DIIVs are, unsurprisingly, quiet. From four different accounts, the band, comprised of vocalist and guitarist Cole Smith, guitarist Andrew Bailey, bassist Colin Caulfield and drummer Ben Newman, is preparing for a major tour in support of Frog in boiling water (get tickets here), and they're trying to savor their last few weeks of peace before hopping back into the tour van for another ride.
“We worked on this album for a long time, so it's a huge relief to have it out, but it also means we have to transition into a period of a very, very different type of work,” Newman says. Consequence. “So, it's scary and exciting.”
For this Crate Digging, DIIV decided to test each other with albums they think the rest of their peers would probably hate. Of course, not every band member hates every album; Newman seemed to enjoy most of them. But it's fascinating to see what each member considered a beloved and hard-to-love album. Some of these albums are annoying, abrasive, inaccessible, or downright serious, but no matter what they sound like, the members of DIIV love them from start to finish.
See below for the list of albums they love from each DIIV member and think their other band members would probably hate, including Royal Trux. ThrottleSublime 40 ounces. To Freedomand Opeth's black water park.
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