DIIV: Oshin (2012)

Brooklyn-based latter-day psychedelic rockers DIIV have had a fairly deliberate releases schedule, with just 3 albums since 2012, but all make for nice, ambient yet lively mood pieces.

2012's debut Oshin sounds like a blend of bass-driven moody goth rock a la the Cure or Cocteau Twins coupled with more pastoral jangle reminiscent of Real Estate or the War on Drugs -- all tucked firmly behind a dense wall of reverb. The result is kinda schizophrenic, a batch of dreamily zoned-out atmospherics over...