Indebted to classic kraut, dreamy Creation-records psychedelia, and the primitive-crunch of late-80s Seattle, Diiv walk a divisive yet perfectly fused patch of classic-underground influence on OSHIN.
F**Y
Layer upon layer of creamy echo
Imagine layers of echo infused reverby guitars, with a suite of catchy pulsing driving drums and proper bass playing. The kind of music where each member is playing different notes in the same key and it all just runs together in a harmonious groove. In fact, without detracting from the recording, imagine Ian Brown way back in the mix with tonnes of Reverb in Fools Gold, jamming with Johnny Marr and Charlie Burchill AND Dave Evans on guitars with delay and chorus, backed by Adam Clayton on bass and the previous reviewers moderate Kraut Rock back beat. But imagine it's 10 times better than that just sounded. Catchy, infectious, almost dancy (but not in front of your mates) music for the sake of music. I think it's great - and very well arranged. Love it.
C**N
DIIV strike gold with their first LP.
Oshin is the debut album by DIIV, one of the most exciting bands on the planet at the minute. It was released a couple of years back, it's dreamy hooks, indistinguishable vocals and sublime instrumentation captured the attention of the music buying public. It has a dreamy, mellow mood to it all round, which is contrary to the New Yorkers' chaotic live sets.Both sides open with two minute long instrumentals, titled Druun pt 1 & 2. Whilst Druun 1 sounds reminiscent of Joy Division's Disorder, the faster paced Druun 2 sounds cosmic and much more unlike anything else you've ever heard.In terms of sheer highlights, 3 songs stand out; Past Lives, Air Conditioning and Doused. Past Lives' descending melody sounds almost euphoric, but mournful too as frontman Cole Smith goes through one of his finer lyrical moments. Smith's songwriting style throughout is minimalistic, but effective.Air Conditioning is my personal favourite, and it is the longest song on the LP. It's the moment where DIIV's biggest influences come together to form the perfect blissed-out pop song; the dreamy guitar tones of Ride and the Cocteau Twins merge with the motorik rhythms of Neu! and Amon Duul. Again the lyrics are a really minor part of the song, but when dreamy guitar lines sound like they do on Air Conditioning, singing matters not a jot.The least dreamy moment on Oshin is Doused. Doused often ends DIIV's live shows for one reason: it sounds like it's about to finish for the duration of it's 220 second runtime. It's a very frantic song, but is easily the records highlight. Devin Perez's repetitive bassline and the fast descending riff too contribute to Oshin's Penultimate track being one of 2012's high points.Although it lacks dynamic variety elsewhere, catchy pop song How Long Have You Known?, the melancholy Follow and the harsh sounding title track add up to make Oshin one of, if not THE album of 2012, and poises DIIV's sophomore album to be one of the decades great records.I thoroughly implore anyone considering purchasing this LP, or tickets to see the band to do so. The album itself is accessible to begin with, but also a grower. The band clearly have a great taste in music themselves, because the likes of Joy Division, Neu! and Ride shine through on this wonderful debut album. Please buy it, you won't regret it.
A**R
For the cover, and the music of course.
Great album, the artwork on the vinyls sleeve is almost worth owning even if the album wasn't so enjoyable - fortunately both are great!
D**L
Dreamy guitar music
A great album - very chilled and hypnotic. Definitely one to play through from start to finish - just let it wash over you!
O**S
Best New Band in the World
I had happily stumbled across the band on the Captured Tracks site and loved them straight away. A great mix of guitar, melodies and energy. The songs released gave a great glimpse of the quality of the band's material, but this album is even better! This band deserves great acclaim and success
A**R
Five Stars
Daughter loved it!!! Awesome!! Great delivery!!
M**I
Three Stars
The cd cover was broken but I really needed for a dj session so could not return it
T**Y
WOW
I'd not heard of this majestic beast of a record until I was introduced to it by my local record store (thanks Truck Records, Oxford. Moral: support your local record store). It sounds like a whole host of things I've heard before - heads down shoegazing, krautrock's motorik rhythms, the Cocteau's indistinct vocals - and yet it sounds like nothing else. All I can say is that once the waves of arpeggio guitars and pulsating backbeat start to drill their way into your cortex you'll find it as difficult to take off the stereo as I do.
G**I
A1 !! Good stuff!
A1 !! Good stuff!
J**R
Excellente Musique
J'ai découvert cet album à la radio, avec un seul titre, mais je n'ai pas été déçu par l'album en entier ..
G**O
tutto ok
tutto ok
G**N
Superbi!
La loro musica è sublime, sto aspettando il nuovo album...peccato il cd sia arrivato creato in un angolo, consiglio maggiore attenzione nell'imballaggio!!
A**R
dope
dope
M**O
perfetto
La spedizione è arrivata in orario e dentro al periodo indicato, l'imballaggio è stato effettuato in modo adeguato...Ottimo rivenditore
C**U
Pop Corn of NY
La pop de DIIV est plaisante et excellement bien réalisée. Dire ensuite qu'on tient la un disque majeur de l'histoire de la pop serait mentir. Par contre, on peut féliciter le groupe de la diversité des morceaux, du large spectre sonore dont il nous gratifie. Bref, un très bon disque qui s'écoute soit chez soi, soit en voiture, pour s'oublier dans les vapeurs synthétiques de ces New Yorkais. Je recommande cet album a tous les explorateurs de groupes qui ne sont pas mainstream.
F**A
Error de catalogo
Segun la compra realizada era la edicion de 2012 y no el remaster de 2015,la descripcion del producto el precio y la foto del catologo son erroneas
M**1
Nicht schlecht
bin im Radio auf diese Band gestossen, fand einen Song schön.Geplinker, Getupfe, nette Stimme- alles schön leicht zu hören. Weichgespülte The XX müssten zum Vergleich herhalten.Was The XX gegüber DIIV auszeichnet ist, dass man sich nicht zu langweilen beginnt.Bei DIIV ist irgendwie jeder Song gleich. Gleiche Instrumente (sofern man davon reden kann, hört sich zum Teil an wie aus der Konserve), gleiche Stimmlage, kein Tempowechsel.Warum aber nicht schlecht bewertet?, hört man sich 3 bis 4 Songs am Stück an, macht ne Pause und weiter gehts, dann ist das ok.Kann sein, dass DIIV live eine andere Welt sind, würde mich jedenfalls zum Selbstversuch in ein Konzert von denen hineintrauen und dann vielleicht eine andere Kritik abgeben..
B**E
とにかくいい
けだるいロックで大好物。かなりヘビーローテーションで聞いてます。
C**S
Un peu vert
Séduit par le groupe en live avec son côté garage. Malheureusement l'album studio est un peu décevant, un peu trop propre et ne résiste pas à deux écoutes. Un peu jeune donc. Il faut attendre les prochaines productions pour un peu plus de complexité.
L**I
album of the year
of cours, Captured tracks, Wild Nothing, Blank Dogs, beach fossils, softmoon,but a big new surprise DIIV in full format and a great form!!!Along with some others for album of the year!!!
F**N
NYのクソ
フジロックの予習でチェックした際、目的であったマイブラとXX以外で、興味をひかれた内のひとつがDIIV。ライブはどれも素晴らしく(マイブラを除く)、その中でも期待以上に良かったのがDIIV！新鮮さや独自性と言う点ではインパクトはないものの、すべての曲が耳馴染みが良く聴きやすいため、アルバムを通してすんなり入ってくる。正直言ってフジロック以降はどのバンドも聴くほどのことはなかったが、これだけは違った。クラウトロック、ポストパンク好きは聴いてみても良い。ドラムがNEU!のシャツを着てたりして、ちょっとNEU!を感じる曲もある。アルバムを聞く限り伸びしろは無さそうだが、心の中では期待している数少ないバンド。ちなみに、重たく長い前髪に、色褪せたベースボールキャップ、ヨレヨレのオーバーサイズなシャツに、クソみたいな彼女も付いて、と、見た目も良い感じである。
F**S
Brilliant (apart from the spelling)
The amazing "Doused" is recommendation enough but there is a lot of diversity on this album which will keep you hooked. A mix of krautrock, reverb-soaked guitars, and pulsing rythyms. One of the albums of the year.
A**T
Oshin - DIIV
Vite arrivé, dans un état nickel ; tout est parfait. Ajouté à la qualité du produit en lui-même (album à recommander d'office), what else?
