Deceiver
by DIIV
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 29
  3. Negative: 2 out of 29
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  1. Melodiccnavas
    Oct 4, 2019
    9
    DIIV’s best work yet. The music is compelling, dark, and more dynamic than any of their past work.
  2. LDyhrKopp
    Dec 6, 2019
    10
    Just about each song gets better the more you listen to them. DIIV's beat album to date, and my pick for AoTY
  3. Klasw
    Nov 1, 2019
    10
    The band talks addiction, recovery, and their hiatus and how these elements led to their heaviest album to date.
    Best rock album of the Year!
  4. Rosenstiel
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    Unlike previous releases, DIIV focus less on up-tempo intricacy, and spiral into a hypnotic melding of grunge and shoegaze. With each listen, Deceiver gets better. In time, it will be considered DIIV's most compelling work.
  5. charliequaker
    Oct 18, 2019
    7
    On their 3rd album, this Brooklyn, New York band plays dreamy gauze-fuzz songs that subtly slide from a whispery pop sound to rumbling shoegaze on maximum distortion. It’s an album that builds in intensity and power—both as it progresses trough the tracks and with repeated exposure. It takes a couple of listens for the songs to break through, but when they do—you’re hooked! Members haveOn their 3rd album, this Brooklyn, New York band plays dreamy gauze-fuzz songs that subtly slide from a whispery pop sound to rumbling shoegaze on maximum distortion. It’s an album that builds in intensity and power—both as it progresses trough the tracks and with repeated exposure. It takes a couple of listens for the songs to break through, but when they do—you’re hooked! Members have played in Beach Fossils, **** RIYL: All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors, My Bloody Valentine, Pinkshinyultrablast, Medicine, Ringo Deathstarr. There is a subtle magic in “Deceiver” that elevates it to a higher level and slowly reels you in. Recommended.… Expand
  6. surf1ngthevoid
    Jan 10, 2020
    9
    With a heavier sound and a deeper lyricism than their previous releases, Deceiver take place as their best work to date, in my humble opinion. It's amazing how they keep maturing and improving their sound album after album. I take my hat off.

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Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. PopMatters
    Oct 11, 2019
    70
    Embracing their grungier influences, Deceiver marks a significant departure from DIIV's previously established brand of shoegaze. Tonally, the album may come to be seen as an outlier or turning point in the band's sound, but will certainly be held up as a solid addition to their discography.
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  2. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 9, 2019
    85
    Deceiver isn’t your Oshin or Is the Is Are, not by a longshot. Yet, while certain touchstones are present that give away that this is in fact DIIV, in a much larger sense we’re observing a band operating unlike they have before, and in the midst of that shift, they execute it stunningly.
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  3. The 405
    Oct 8, 2019
    65
    Though it’s DIIV’s most consistent record so far, a step in the right direction and a more radical a gear shift than either of those releases, the tracks on Deceiver offer only wide differences in quality and little variation in style.
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