After a successful 2015, which saw them not only finish up work on their highly anticipated second album, but also complete a mammoth stateside tour alongside No Joy and Sunflower Bean, Brooklyn-based DIIV are set to make a triumphant live return to UK and Europe this spring.
Recorded and mixed in various locations around Brooklyn throughout much of 2015, Is the Is Are is a 17-song double-album, intended to work with the moods and themes first explored by vocalist/songwriter Zachary Cole Smith on 2012’s critically acclaimed Oshin, but this time with an added nuance and depth. Dark and honest to a fault, recent singles lifted from Is the Is Are such as Dopamine and Bent (Roi’s Song) have only added to the bands blistering set and Cole Smiths distinct on-stage performance.
You can catch DIIV performing tracks from Is the Is Are this March and April, including a sold out date at Heaven in London on March 18th.
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UPCOMING LIVE DATES
March
17 – 02 Institute, Birmingham
18 – Heaven, London
19 – Rock City, Nottingham
20 – Gorilla, Manchester
21 – Plug, Sheffield
22 – Belgrave, Leeds
24 – SWG3 Glasgow
25 – Bongo Club, Edinburgh
26 – Riverside, Newcastle
27 – Arts Club, Liverpool
28 – Haunt, Brighton
30 – Gebaude 9, Cologne
31 – Lido, Berlin
April
1 – Orangehouse, Munich
2 – Mascotte, Zurich
3 – Magnolia, Milan
6 – La Fleche D’Or – Paris
7 – Botanique, Brussels
9 – Rotondes, Luxembourg
10 – Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg
11 – Paradiso, Amsterdam
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