Deceiver

Rock · 2019 · 10 tracks · 44m

Deceiver

Heavy, metallic shoegaze that trades hazy dreams for sobering reality. A dense forest of interlocking guitars and slowcore-inflected weight.

It's like DIIV finally woke up from the dream and realized the real world is heavy, loud, and beautiful.

A heavy, sober exploration of recovery through walls of distorted, metallic sound.

Deceiver · vs · DIIV

Brooding+1.4σ

Brooding saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 44m

01

Horsehead

5:08

02

Like Before You Were Born

3:05

03

Skin Game

4:25

04

Between Tides

4:43

05

Taker

4:29

06

For the Guilty

3:40

07

The Spark

3:59

08

Lorelei

3:59

09

Blankenship

3:57

10

Acheron

7:08

Moments Worth Waiting For

The massive, sludge-weighted guitar riff that opens Horsehead, signaling a departure from their previous airy sound.

The frantic, motorik energy of Blankenship where the interlocking guitars reach a fever pitch of anxiety.

The seven-minute slow-burn of Acheron, which dissolves into a feedback-drenched, orchestral-scale wall of sound.

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