Is the Is Are

Is the Is Are
Studio album by DIIV
Released	February 5, 2016
Recorded	2015
Studio	Strange Weather Recording Studio; The Bunker Studio (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
Genre	Indie rock shoegaze dream pop krautrock post-punk revival
Length	63:20
Label	Captured Tracks
Producer	Zachary Cole Smith
DIIV chronology
Oshin (2012) Is the Is Are (2016) Deceiver (2019)
Singles from Is the Is Are
"Dopamine" Released: September 16, 2015 "Bent (Roi's Song)" Released: November 4, 2015 "Under the Sun" Released: December 14, 2015 "Is the Is Are" Released: January 21, 2016

Is the Is Are is the second studio album by American indie rock band DIIV, released on February 5, 2016 on Captured Tracks. Self-produced by vocalist and guitarist Zachary Cole Smith, the album was recorded at Strange Weather Recording Studio and The Bunker, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was preceded by the singles, "Dopamine", "Bent (Roi's Song)", "Under the Sun" and "Is the Is Are".^[1]

Work on Is the Is Are began in 2013, a year following the release of the band's debut album, Oshin (2012). Its recording, however, was plagued by various factors, including, failed recording sessions with Girls' Chet "JR" White; Smith's drug addiction and eventual arrest; controversy surrounding online remarks made by bass guitarist Devin Ruben Perez; and the eventual departure of drummer Colby Hewitt, due to his own drug addiction.