As the band approaches the one-year anniversary of their latest record, DIIV return this week to share their first new song since its release, with the highly emotional track “Return of Youth”.

DIIV released their latest album Frog in Boiling Water last year on 24th May. Since then, they have experienced a true whirlwind – the highs of releasing a critically-acclaimed album that was beloved by fans and touring to sold-out crowds worldwide, all to be met with the heartbreaking events of the wildfires in California earlier this year that resulted in Zachary Cole Smith losing his home.

In a poignant statement on the song, Cole wrote: “The writing period for this album was part of a beautiful time in my life, as we prepared and waited for our first child to be born. That beauty was cut with a profound existential dilemma: how can we bring a child into this world? The common thread running through the fragmented world of the album was hope. We’ve talked about it a bit. Real hope, false hope, something to give your life meaning. It’s an individual journey. I found it in parenthood, but you can find it anywhere you want.“

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