Title: DIIV – Frog in Boiling Water
Year/Genre: 2024, Indie Rock
Condition: New (green vinyl; indie variant)

Cultural Facts:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.