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DIIV<\/a> have announced their fifth studio album, ZIRP!, with PC Music founder and Charli XCX collaborator AG Cook on board as the producer.<\/p>\n The cult shoegaze band made the surprise announcement in a suitably unorthodox manner, after several fans received business cards in the post.<\/p>\n \u201cZIRP! is the new album by music group DIIV,\u201d the card read, adding, \u201cOctober 30th, 2026,\u201d and \u201cProduced by AG Cook,\u201d as well as \u201cFantasy Records\u201d on the otherwise plain cutting.<\/p>\n On the other side of the card, DIIV had placed a QR code that leads to the band\u2019s website<\/a>; they also listed the phone number +1 229-798-9477.<\/p>\n When calling the number, a pre-recorded message announces that ZIRP! is \u201cthe future of alternative multimedia entertainment\u201d.<\/p>\n In marketing speak, the statement revealed that the four-piece has set out to \u201cchallenge assumptions,\u201d \u201ccreate entirely new categories,\u201d and \u201cthink on a global scale.\u201d<\/p>\n ZIRP! will follow on from 2024\u2019s Frog in Boiling Water, which received a glowing<\/a> four-and-a-half stars from Far Out: \u201cFrog in Boiling Water is exquisite, challenging, and constantly evolving, a fitting description of the band behind it. It\u2019s the soundtrack of our times.\u201d <\/p>\n DIIV previously opened up for AG Cook\u2019s show at the Hollywood Palladium last December. The Britpop hitmaker adds this to a long list of collaborations he has been firing out recently, most notably on Charli XCX\u2019s new album, Music, Fashion, Film<\/a>.<\/p>\n On the project, Charli reserves an entire song to gush about her friendship with Cook, singing on \u2018Magic Metal Montanna\u2019 \u201cLove your haircut, love your dance moves, love your girlfriend, I\u2019d cry if you died.\u201d<\/p>\n No word on ZIRP!\u2018s tracklist so far; the band also has yet to acknowledge the announcement. It marks an interesting pivot in the guitar band\u2019s discography and likely spells a more electronic-leaning sonic investigation on DIIV\u2019s part.<\/p>\n They recently completed a tour of Asia, which concluded at Soundrenaline festival in Jakarta on July 19th.<\/p>\n
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