description DIIV - Deceiver Overview
"Deceiver" is the third studio album by the American shoegaze and indie rock band DIIV, released in October 2019 via Captured Tracks. It serves as the follow-up to their 2016 record "Is the Is Are" and marks a shift toward a noticeably heavier, more aggressive guitar-driven sound. The album was largely written and recorded following frontman Zachary Cole Smith's completion of drug rehabilitation, a process that influenced the record's direct lyrical themes. It appeals to listeners of 1990s alternative rock and modern shoegaze.
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When was DIIV's album Deceiver released?
DIIV released Deceiver as their third studio album in October 2019. It marked their first full-length release in three years.
What album did Deceiver follow in the DIIV discography?
Deceiver serves as the official follow-up to DIIV's 2016 record, Is the Is Are. It continues the band's trajectory of layered, effects-driven guitar textures.
What record label released Deceiver by DIIV?
The album was released via Captured Tracks, an independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York. The label has handled all of the band's full-length studio albums.
How does the sound of Deceiver compare to earlier DIIV music?
Deceiver marks a noticeable shift toward a heavier, more aggressive guitar-driven sound. The band leaned heavily into grunge and post-punk influences, moving slightly away from the dreamy dream pop aesthetic of their debut.
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