Today, DIIV’s highly anticipated third full-length album Deceiver is out! It includes previously released singles: the crystalized, darkly propulsive “Skin Game,” the magnetically melancholic “Taker” and the searing, frenetic track “Blankenship”. The album release precedes the band’s extensive North American tour, which kicks off on October 11 at Desert Daze Festival and hits NYC’s Warsaw on October 24 before returning home to California in December.

Rebirth takes place when everything falls apart. On Deceiver, DIIV crafts the soundtrack to personal resurrection under the heavy weight of metallic catharsis, upheld by robust guitars and vocal tension that almost snaps, but never quite… The new album from Zachary Cole Smith [lead vocals, guitar], Andrew Bailey [guitar], Colin Caulfield [vocals, bass], and Ben Newman [drums] was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Sonny Diperri (Protomartyr, Trent Reznor), marking the first time the band has written as a unit or worked with an outside producer. It is preceded by 2012’s Oshin and 2016’s critical and fan favorite Is the Is Are. NME ranked it in the Top 10 among the “Albums of the Year” and Pitchfork’s audience voted Is the Is Are one of the “Top 50 Albums of 2016” as the outlet dubbed it, “gorgeous.”

What else are folks saying?

“Majestic” – Revolver on “Blankenship”
“#1 best rock song right now” – The FADER on “Skin Game”
“Aching and brutally honest” – Rolling Stone on “Taker”
“It rules” – Stereogum on “Blankenship”
“A rebirth” – Pitchfork on ‘Skin Game”
“#1 best song of the week” – Under the Radar on “Blankenship”
“Thick like molasses, somewhere between grunge and shoegaze” – BrooklynVegan on “Taker”
“Excellent” – Paste on “Skin Game”

A lot! All tour dates below.

10/10 – Las Vegas, NV – The Bunkhouse Saloon *
10/11 – Perris, CA – Desert Daze Festival
10/12 – Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge *
10/14 – Austin, TX – Mohawk ^*
10/15 – Houston, TX – Satellite ^*
10/16 – Dallas, TX – Canton Hall ^*
10/18 – Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium ^*
10/19 – Detroit, MI – Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit ^*
10/20 – Cleveland, OH – Phantasy ^*
10/22 – Boston, MA – Paradise ^*
10/23 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts ^*
10/24 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw ^*
10/27 – Washington, DC – Black Cat ^*
12/05 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern +*
12/06 – San Luis Obispo, CA – SLO Guild Hall +*
12/07 – Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst +*
12/08 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore +*
12/10 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile +*
12/11 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall +*
12/13 – Sonoma, CA – Sonoma Redwood Barn +*
02/20 – Bristol, UK – SWX
02/21 – Leeds, UK – Leeds University Stylus
02/22 – Liverpool, UK – The Invisible Wind Factory
02/23 – Glasgow, UK – Queen Margaret Union
02/24 – Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – Riverside
02/26 – Manchester, UK – Academy 2
02/27 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town
02/28 – Birmingham, UK – The Crossing
02/29 – Brighton, UK – Chalk (Formerly the Haunt)

^ w/ Chastity
+ w/ Froth
* w/ Storefront Church