Is the Is Are (2 Lp's)Considering the troubles DIIV went through after the release of their debut album Oshin chief among them Zachary Cole Smith's 2013 arrest for drug possession it's somewhat miraculous that they made another album, much less one as consistently good as Is the Is Are. Over the course of 17 songs (just a handful of the over 150 demos Smith wrote), DIIV finds salvation through ambition, with Smith using his mistakes as a crucible for his art. While artists