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DIIV – Frog in Boiling Water (Staff Pick!)
Title: DIIV – Frog in Boiling Water
Year/Genre: 2024, Indie Rock
Condition: New (green vinyl; indie variant)
Cultural Facts:
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DIIV formed in Brooklyn in the early 2010s, originally named Dive before changing the spelling after an older Belgian band objected to the shared name.
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Fronted by Zachary Cole Smith, who came out of the Brooklyn DIY scene and previously played with Beach Fossils before building DIIV as his main project.
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The title alludes to the “frog in boiling water” metaphor about slow, dangerous change, fitting the band’s interest in long-term social and personal pressures.
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