A.G. Cook's name is usually tied to overprocessed synth tones and Charli XCX-style hyperpop. So when he stepped in as producer for Diiv's new album "ZIRP!," the strangest part wasn't the fact that an electronic music guy was crossing over into rock — it was his very first call: get the drums down live, and do it before most of the songs were even finished.
"I was kind of obsessed with their live sound," Cook said in the press release. "We spent a lot of time on guitar tones, using specific pedals, and tried to keep things off the computer as much as possible — at least by my standards." Coming from someone who built his career on computer music, that statement carries some weight on its own. After several rounds of recording, "ZIRP!" gradually took shape from an abstract idea into what he calls "a utopian-slash-dystopian mantra" — and a tool he used to push the band into new territory.
The album drops October 30 via Fantasy Recordings with 11 tracks. Lead single "The Fountain" is out now, alongside other tracks including "Kid," "When The Glow Came For Us," "Trillions," and "Idiot In The Sky." It's Diiv's follow-up to 2024's "Frog in Boiling Water."
