DIIV team up with Fred Durst for fake ‘SNL’ performance in ‘Brown Paper Bag’ video

nme.com:

DIIV have shared their latest single ‘Brown Paper Bag’ with a video featuring Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst.The band – comprised of Andrew Bailey, Colin Caulfield, Ben Newman and Zachary Cole Smith – released ‘Brown Paper Bag’ on Friday, February 15 as the lead single of their forthcoming LP ‘Frog In Boiling Water’.

Today (February 26), they released the track’s accompanying video.The video sees Durst introduce DIIV as they play a fake Saturday Night Live performance.

Towards the end of the performance, the ceiling collapses and the video ends with an advert for the band’s Soul-Net website.DIIV teased the video this past week by posting an announcement on their official Instagram account sharing that they were set to perform on Saturday Night Live on February 26 which happened to be a Monday.They also shared a video clip in the same format as an ‘SNL’ promo video with Durst joining them saying: “I’m Fred Durst and I am hosting Saturday Night Lies this week with musical guest DIIV.” He also commented on the post saying: “It’s been a dream of mine to host SNL, especially with a band as cozy as yours.”A post shared by diiv (@lovealienzzz)A post shared by diiv (@lovealienzzz)The band’s fourth LP ‘Frog In Boiling Water’ is set for release on May 24 via Fantasy Records.

You can pre-order/pre-save it here.It follows 2019’s ‘Deceiver‘. In a four-star review of the album, NME shared: “It’s tempting to say that ‘Deceiver’ truly excels at its heaviest, given that these moments – the pitiless, piledriving chorus of ‘For The Guilty’; the heaving last gasp of feedback that roars through ‘Acheron’ – are the record’s most memorable.