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10.0
137691
10.0 |
Northern Transmissions
An album that’s sound somehow perfectly encapsulates the feelings of living in our current world, while also being as timeless and as evergreen as the music that inspired it
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9.0
137692
9.0 |
DIY
DIIV have entered into a second act both thrilling and thoughtful
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9.0
137704
9.0 |
Clash
DIIV have refined their brooding vibe and produced as gorgeous a record as you’ll hear this year
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9.0
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9.0 |
Far Out
A resounding musical and philosophical charter for our times
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8.5
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8.5 |
Under The Radar
The struggles of DIIV have been on the surface of their story for too long. With Frog in Boiling Water, their best album yet, the band is proving that their music is urgent enough and true enough to transcend whatever suffering it takes to make it work
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8.3
137702
8.3 |
Spin
Indie-rockers' nocturnal fourth album brings their most subtle and cerebral music
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8.0
137706
8.0 |
Uncut
It's a beautiful-sounding record with tracks like "Somber The Drums" and "Everyone Out" providing moments of tender poppy beauty amid the general sense of decay. Print edition only
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8.0
137735
8.0 |
All Music
Though its songs about a world falling apart were difficult for DIIV to make, Frog in Boiling Water is their most cohesive work. It's a true slow burn of an album, capturing listeners by degrees and echoing the band's subtle yet dramatic growth since Oshin
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8.0
137873
8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
A shoegaze album, and a predictable one at that. At the same time, it’s special because it’s a great-not-good DIIV album
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7.9
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7.9 |
Paste Magazine
The Brooklyn band’s fourth studio album reminds us of the tricks we constantly fall for, and they double down on their version of shoegaze and dream-pop—which has always had a bit more darkness in its veins than that of their contemporaries
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7.5
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7.5 |
Pitchfork
The Brooklyn indie rock band’s fourth album is an anxious and sour record that copes with capitalism and its knock-on emotional effects
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spill Magazine
Continues to see the band working in a much darker and heavier territory than the first few records, though several songs still have hints of their indie rock and dream pop roots
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7.0
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7.0 |
Exclaim
It's full of trauma, guilt and fear, but it's also hopeful and resilient, refusing to give up and be washed away in the digital torrent that is our modern condition
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7.0
137824
7.0 |
PopMatters
DIIV’s Frog in Boiling Water aspires to be a statement album, reflecting our zeitgeist of right-wing extremism, global conflict, and environmental collapse
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6.0
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6.0 |
NME
The band recently told NME that their fourth album was "hard fought", but their signature sound appears as solidified and recognisable as ever
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5.7
137701
5.7 |
Spectrum Culture
Despite the palpable unease that flows throughout it, Frog in Boiling Water is a surprisingly assured album from a band that may have just figured themselves out. It’s a pity, then, that they aren’t offering more than what they already have
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5.0
137739
5.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
DIIV sounds like a band worn down on Frog In Boiling Water and without a radical shift in thinking, may yet prove to be their swansong because once you’ve reached the end of the line where is there to go next?
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