Watch DIIV’s mesmerising cover of Pavement’s ‘Cream Of Gold’

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DIIV have performed a mesmerising cover of Pavement‘s ‘Cream Of Gold’ while appearing on SiriusXM.The band – comprised of Andrew Bailey, Colin Caulfield, Ben Newman and Zachary Cole Smith – took on the 1999 track from Pavement’s fifth and final studio album ‘Twilight Terror’ while at the American broadcasting studios.DIIV transformed the song into a mesmerising, gritty, haunting track with Smith’s soft and whisper-like vocal delivery with lines like: “Time tired you’re tainted through / Wins, songs and substitutes / I dream in beige, why’d you leave me so far now?” emphasise Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus’ description of the remnants of a toxic relationship.DIIV’s most recent release was their fourth studio album ‘Frog In Boiling Water‘.

In a three-star review of the LP, NME shared: “A quiet, undemanding and opaque album, ‘Frog In Boiling Water’ will appeal to a section of shoegaze fans that are keen to surrender to its impressionistic, seemingly-timeless charms.

Others may ask themselves: why does it feel a bit like we’re living the same day over and over again?”Opening up to NME about why recording the album was particularly tough, Caufield shared: “It’s particularly funny to answer this question with you, because last time we did an interview with NME, I remember it being so positive, like, ‘We’re doing the best we’ve ever done.’ And it was true at the time, it felt like this rebirth for the band.”He continued: “There was so much optimism and hope and with this one, I think we went into it with these really big ambitions to try to make a different kind of album and really stretch and push ourselves to make something new.