Mid-way through their European tour at the end of last year, the Brooklyn band sat down in London to reflect on their latest album, Frog in Boiling Water, and how the music translates live.
Five years after they switched up their sound with Deceiver, DIIV dropped their fourth album, Frog in Boiling Water, last May. Discerning and sometimes cynical but full of fire, the emphatic record explored the societal issues caused by, and at the root of, capitalism.
“I don’t think we set out to make a concept record. The pieces came into place; it started to be like ‘oh, this whole album is about one thing,'” they reflect. “Ideas just kind of built on each other over time.”
Live, the album translates into a high-energy, fully immersive, emotionally charged set. “Now, with all the visuals and the socio-political commentary in the show, a lot of the time I feed off of that. I’m trying to express that idea in how we’re playing, beyond just playing the notes,” Colin Caulfield explains.
After a string of US shows, the band brought Frog in Boiling Water over to Europe at the end of last year for over 20 dates, including two supporting Fontaines D.C. at Ally Pally. Mid-way through the tour, they caught up with Crack Magazine at their show at London’s garage.
Catch up with DIIV in London below, check out Mount Kimbie’s new remix of Frog in Boiling Water‘s Everyone Out, and get tickets for their newly announced European tour this summer now.