Smith, a Brooklyn indie-rock journeyman, formed the first iteration of DIIV-then called Dive-in 2011, and his shimmering, guitar-driven dream-pop captured an instant audience with their debut LP, 2012’s Oshin. It’s impossible to tiptoe around the substance abuse narrative that’s dominated the press cycles throughout the band’s career. “Mostly it’s trying to communicate lessons from that time, rather than living in it or revisiting it for the sake of itself.” “I’ve gained a lot of clarity in the distance I’ve had from active addiction-the shitty times I’ve had in my life and the shitty times we’ve had as a band,” he says, brushing off the suggestion that these songs, played onstage, might serve as reminders of a more painful period. But those cathartic songs helped the frontman chart a clear path forward. “Deceiver”, their third LP, is a tidal wave of slow-core ruminations and shoegaze distortion that finds singer/ guitarist Zachary Cole Smith surveying the planet’s demise and his own recovery after a well-publicized battle with drug addiction.
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