Frog In Boiling Water

by DIIV

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releases May 24, 2024

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1.	In Amber
2.	Brown Paper Bag 04:25	info	buy track
3.	Raining On Your Pillow
4.	Frog In Boiling Water 03:57	info	buy track
5.	Everyone Out 04:52	info	buy track
6.	Reflected
7.	Somber The Drums
8.	Little Birds
9.	Soul-net 04:24	info	buy track
10.	Fender On The Freeway

about

Frog In Boiling Water, produced by Chris Coady, was a four-year process that nearly broke the band before the album was completed. With an aim to push their sound, make a record that challenged them, and treat the band as a democracy for the first time, DIIV began an ambitious journey, both individually and collectively. This journey left their relationships with one another fraying, with the many complex dynamics of family, friendship and finances entangled, coupled with suspicions, resentments, bruised egos and anxious questions. They ultimately found their way through, and the result is 10 songs that mine a new lyrical and musical depth, those two halves mirroring one another inside a reflective and immersive whole. It is a mesmeric testament to enduring, to envisioning anything else on the other side while you remain here, in the slowly heating water of right now.

Frog in Boiling Water, both the title and the themes of the record, reference “The Boiling Frog” in Daniel Quinn’s The Story of B. The band explains, “If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will of course frantically try to clamber out. But if you place it gently in a pot of tepid water and turn the heat on low, the frog will sink into a tranquil stupor, exactly like one of us in a hot bath, and before long, with a smile on its face, it will unresistingly allow itself to be boiled to death.”

“We understand the metaphor to be one about a slow, sick, and overwhelmingly banal collapse of society under end-stage capitalism, the brutal realities we’ve maybe come to accept as normal. That’s the boiling water and we are the frogs. The album is more or less a collection of snapshots from various angles of our modern condition which we think highlights what this collapse looks like and, more particularly, what it feels like.”

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DIIV Brooklyn, New York

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… ... more

shows

Jun 6

The Catalyst

Santa Cruz, CA
Jun 7

The Regency Ballroom

San Francisco, CA
Jun 8

Goldfield Trading Post

Roseville, CA
Jun 10

Neptune Theatre

Seattle, WA
Jun 12

Revolution Hall

Portland, OR
Jun 13

Treefort Music Hall

Boise, ID
Jun 16

Ogden Theatre

Denver, CO
Jun 18

Granada Theater

Dallas, TX
Jun 19

White Oak Music Hall - Downstairs

Houston, TX
Jun 20

Aztec Theatre

San Antonio, TX
Jun 21

Emo's Austin

Austin, TX
Jun 23

Lowbrow Palace

El Paso, TX
Jun 24

Sunshine Theater

Albuquerque, NM
Jun 25

The Van Buren

Phoenix, AZ
Jun 27

Observatory North Park

San Diego, CA
Jun 29

The Wiltern

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Jul 15

Union Transfer

Philadelphia, PA
Jul 16

Howard Theatre

Washington, DC
Jul 17

The National

Richmond, VA
Jul 19

Music Farm

Charleston, SC
Jul 20

House of Blues Orlando

Lake Buena Vista, FL
Jul 23

Orpheum Theatre

Tampa, FL
Jul 25

Buckhead Theatre

Atlanta, GA
Jul 27

Turner Hall Ballroom

Milwaukee, WI
Jul 28

First Avenue

Minneapolis, MN
Jul 30

Thalia Hall

Chicago, IL
Jul 31

Majestic Theatre

Detroit, MI
Aug 2

The Concert Hall

Toronto, ON
Aug 5

Royale Boston

Boston, MA
Aug 5

Royale Boston

Boston, MA
Aug 7

Brooklyn Paramount

Brooklyn, NY
Nov 23

Alexandra Palace

London, UK

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