DIIV Is The Is Are 12" 2xLP Pink and White Vinyl Me, Please EXCLUSIVE USED Lyric

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DIIV

Is The Is Are
2xLP 12" Pink and White Marbled Vinyl Excluisve Vinyl Me, Please Pressing Printed Inner Sleeves Lyrics Art Booklets USED

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Tracklist

A1 Out Of Mind 3:08

A2 Under The Sun 3:47

A3 Bent (Roi's Song) 5:40

A4 Dopamine 3:56

B1 Blue Boredom (Sky's Song) 2:33

B2 Valentine 3:18

B3 Yr Not Far 3:19

B4 Take Your Time 4:58

C1 Is The Is Are 3:09

C2 Mire (Grant's Song) 5:35

C3 Incarnate Devil 4:43

C4 (Fuck) 0:17

C5 Healthy Moon 4:12

D1 Loose Ends 3:13

D2 (Napa) 1:44

D3 Dust 4:34

D4 Waste Of Breath 5:23

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Vinyl Me, Please Exclusive - 600 copies.

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Two 12-page 12" x 12" lyric & art booklets.

Printed inner sleeves.

2xLP Color in Color :

LP1 with pink in white vinyl

LP2 with white in pink vinyl

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Review by Heather Phares

Considering the troubles DIIV went through after the release of their debut album Oshin -- chief among them Zachary Cole Smith's 2013 arrest for drug possession -- it's somewhat miraculous that they made another album, much less one as consistently good as Is the Is Are. Over the course of 17 songs (just a handful of the over 150 demos Smith wrote), DIIV finds salvation through ambition, with Smith using his mistakes as a crucible for his art. While artists shouldn't have to suffer for their work, there is something alchemical about turning pain into beauty; Is the Is Are has plenty of both. Cliched as it may sound, hardship seems to have given DIIV's prettiness more depth. "Out of Mind" opens the album with a glassy, fragile insistence reminiscent of Deerhunter, another band skilled in transforming ugly feelings and situations into beautiful songs. Elsewhere, DIIV blends grunge's cathartic power with shoegaze's impressionistic, transporting qualities, surrounding listeners with Smith's angst rather than forcing it on them: The echo and reverb on "Take Your Time" suggest lingering feelings of loss and regret that grow ominous on "Yr Not Far." Even when Smith tips his hand more, murmuring "I left you with a pretty big mess" on "Bent (Roi's Song)" or "You made a believer out of me" on "Mire (Grant's Song)," he still leaves space for listeners to impart their own emotions on these songs. Indeed, several of Is the Is Are's most dynamic moments come at the hands of others. Sky Ferreira injects "Blue Boredom" with some of Kim Gordon's aloof danger, while "Dust"'s opening lyric ("the only way to be quiet is to be quick") quotes poet Frank O'Hara; another poet, Frederick Deming, crafted the album's syntax-defying title, which sums up its searching feel and shifting states of being within these songs perfectly. This indefinite quality makes Is the Is Are more interesting than a lot of more obvious soul-bearing, particularly on songs like the chiming "Healthy Moon," which suggests that catharsis doesn't have to be grim. Even without DIIV's backstory, it's easy to hear the band's growth since the Oshin days. "Under the Sun" boasts a stronger spine than many of their songs, as well as a jaunty, angular riff that rivals Echo & the Bunnymen's finest. The title track, which was inspired by Neu!'s "Hallogallo," incorporates DIIV's fondness for Krautrock more organically and excitingly than before, evoking the sustained tension of a dream about falling. Meanwhile, on "Loose Ends," they pay homage to generations of brilliant guitar bands while claiming their own place in that legacy. Here and throughout Is the Is Are, DIIV reveal themselves as a more thoughtful, more rewarding band than could have been expected from their debut.

Artist Biography by Heather Phares

Oshin The project of singer/songwriter/guitarist Zachary Cole Smith, DIIV makes music that combines shoegaze bliss with grunge catharsis. The influence of Nirvana and My Bloody Valentine was evident on 2012's debut album Oshin, but the band's sound deepened and broadened on 2016's Is the Is Are, which paired Malian-inspired guitar melodies with Smith's confessional songwriting.

Sometime Born in New York and raised in Connecticut, Smith began playing guitar as a young boy and joined a few bands during his school years, including one with guitarist Andrew Bailey. After a few years playing guitar with the psych-rock band Soft Black and playing drums for Beach Fossils, Smith formed DIIV in 2011 as a forum for his own songs, enlisting Bailey, bassist Devin Ruben Perez, and ex-Smith Westerns drummer Colby Hewitt as his live band. Originally called Dive, Smith changed the spelling of the band's name after learning of the early-'90s Belgian industrial act by that name. DIIV signed to Captured Tracks in October 2011 and released the singles Sometime and Human -- both of which were demos Smith recorded on his own -- and Geist in advance of their 2012 debut album, Oshin. In 2013, Smith's substance abuse problem led to DIIV scrapping a recording session with former Girls bassist/producer Chet "JR" White. That September, he was arrested on drug charges on the way to a DIIV show in Hudson, New York; after being charged with drug possession, he went to rehab in January 2014 and began writing material for the next DIIV album, amassing over 150 songs by that July. The band began recording in Brooklyn's Strange Weather studio in March 2015, around the time that Hewitt left the group (he was replaced by touring drummer Ben Newman). The singles "Dopamine" and "Under the Sun" arrived late that year and reflected the more polished sound of Is the Is Are, an ambitious double album that appeared in February 2016 and entered Billboard's 200 Albums Chart at number 81. In 2017, the band released a single that collected their covers of Sparklehorse's "Cow" and (Sandy) Alex G's "Icehead."

Jacket Condition: EX

Excellent condition, in amazing shape, small wear on jacket corners, inner jackets and lyric booklets in EX+ condition (see pictures). 

Vinyl Condition: EX+

Excellent Plus condition, these look hardly played if at all, no scratches or scuffs (see pictures).

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