DIIV – ‘ZIRP!’ Review: Pop Meets Politics on Their Most Adventurous Record Yet

DIIV – ‘ZIRP!’ review: pop meets politics on their most adventurous record yet

On 'ZIRP!', the Los Angeles band DIIV offer up an ambitious, unflinching look at where the ills of capitalism have taken us.

DIIV Trade Shoegaze Restraint for Hyperpop Overload on 'ZIRP!' (ALBUM REVIEW) - Glide Magazine

The Brooklyn-based rock outfit DIIV decided to shift gears in a major way on their fifth studio album, ZIRP! Embracing the modern algorithm, they turn up the electro vibes around looming societal-collapse lyrics, diving headfirst into glitchy, hyperpop-dominated alt-rock.  The results are mixed, as the group, Zachary Cole Smith, Andrew Bailey, Colin Caulfield and Ben Newman, worked with GRAMMY-winning producer AG Cook (Caroline Polachek, Charli …

Album Of The Week: DIIV 'ZIRP!'

DIIV showed up to work in their suits and ties.  All throughout the campaign promoting their new album ZIRP! — in band photos, music videos, and even Zoom interviews — the members of the veteran indie band have been wearing some of the least fashionable business attire imaginable, an aesthetic frontman Cole Smith has described…