Oshin (album)

Regarding the album's aesthetic and lyrical content, in comparison to its follow-up, Is the Is Are (2016), frontman Zachary Cole Smith reflected: "[Oshin] was hiding a bit behind an image, behind a sound – the vocals being really textural, and a sort of ambient thing. I didn't want it to be about me as a person. The lyrics were almost like universal truths, not personal."{{cite web |last=Finamore |first=Emma |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/lostfound-diiv-interviewed |title=Lost/Found: DIIV Interviewed |work=Clash |date=January 20, 2016 |access-date=February 9, 2016}}

In 2014, Oshin was briefly out of print due to legal issues regarding the original cover art. It was reissued in June 2015 with new artwork.{{cite web |last=Hudson |first=Alex |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/diivs_oshin_treated_to_new_vinyl_pressing |title=DIIV's 'Oshin' Treated to New Vinyl Pressing |work=Exclaim! |date=June 23, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2017}}

{{Album ratings

| ADM = 7.5/10{{cite web |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/4678/DIIV-Oshin.aspx |title=Oshin by DIIV reviews |publisher=AnyDecentMusic? |access-date=December 23, 2019}}

| MC = 80/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/oshin/diiv |title=Reviews for Oshin by DIIV |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=January 14, 2015}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/oshin-mw0002352592 |title=Oshin – DIIV |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=January 14, 2015}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2Score = B+{{cite web |last1=Anthony |first1=David |last2=Greenwald |first2=David |url=https://www.avclub.com/review/diiv-emoshin-em-81748 |title=DIIV: Oshin |work=The A.V. Club |date=June 26, 2012 |access-date=January 14, 2015}}

| rev3 = The Boston Phoenix

| rev3Score = {{rating|4|4}}{{cite news |last=Pelly |first=Liz |url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/141104-diiv-oshin/ |title=DIIV {{!}} Oshin |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=July 10, 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218151813/http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/141104-diiv-oshin/ |archive-date=February 18, 2013}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = B+{{cite magazine |last1=Smith |first1=Grady |last2=Anderson |first2=Kyle |last3=Rahman |first3=Ray |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/06/29/albums-july-6-2012/ |title=Albums: July 6, 2012 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 29, 2012 |access-date=July 25, 2017}}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Costa |first=Maddy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jun/28/diiv-oshin-review |title=Diiv: Oshin – review |work=The Guardian |date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=January 14, 2015}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6Score = 9/10{{cite web |last=Howard |first=Tom |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/diiv/13419 |title=DIIV – 'Oshin' |work=NME |date=July 8, 2012 |access-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018152044/http://www.nme.com/reviews/diiv/13419 |archive-date=October 18, 2014}}

| rev7 = The Observer

| rev7Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Empire |first=Kitty |author-link=Kitty Empire |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jul/01/diiv-oshin-review |title=Diiv: Oshin – review |work=The Observer |date=July 1, 2012 |access-date=January 14, 2015}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8score = 8.3/10{{cite web |last=Cohen |first=Ian |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16749-oshin/ |title=DIIV: Oshin |work=Pitchfork |date=June 26, 2012 |access-date=July 25, 2017}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9Score = 7/10{{cite web |last=Marchese |first=David |url=http://www.spin.com/2012/06/diiv-oshin-captured-tracks/ |title=DIIV, 'Oshin' (Captured Tracks) |work=Spin |date=June 26, 2012 |access-date=July 25, 2017}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10Score = 8/10{{cite magazine |title=DIIV: Oshin |magazine=Uncut |issue=182 |date=July 2012 |page=70}}

}}

Critic Ian Cohen of Pitchfork said, "Oshin isn't just a gorgeous and unusually melodic dream pop record; it's an interesting experiment in whether a band based on voice/guitar/bass/drums can rely on the guitar to carry the song's meaning".

On lists of the top 50 albums of 2012, Oshin was listed 22nd by Stereogum and 40th by Pitchfork.{{cite web |url=https://stereogum.com/1210661/stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2012/franchises/listomania/ |title=Stereogum's Top 50 Albums Of 2012 |work=Stereogum |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=April 24, 2018 |page=1}} In 2018, Pitchfork listed Oshin at number 26 on its list of the 30 best dream pop albums.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-30-best-dream-pop-albums/?page=1 |title=The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums |work=Pitchfork |date=April 16, 2018 |access-date=April 24, 2018 |page=1}}

All tracks written and produced by Zachary Cole Smith.

{{Track listing

| title1 = (Druun)

| length1 = 2:07

| title2 = Past Lives

| length2 = 2:21

| title3 = Human

| length3 = 2:57

| title4 = Air Conditioning

| length4 = 4:30

| title5 = How Long Have You Known?

| length5 = 3:33

| title6 = Wait

| length6 = 3:15

| title7 = Earthboy

| length7 = 3:14

| title8 = (Druun Pt. II)

| length8 = 2:46

| title9 = Follow

| length9 = 2:45

| title10 = Sometime

| length10 = 3:05

| title11 = Oshin (Subsume)

| length11 = 3:32

| title12 = Doused

| length12 = 3:42

| title13 = Home

| length13 = 2:29

| total_length = 40:16

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = iTunes Store bonus tracks{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/oshin-bonus-track-version/603224797 |title=Oshin (Bonus Track Version) by DIIV |website=iTunes Store |date=26 June 2012 |location=United States |access-date=July 25, 2017}}

| title14 = Geist

| length14 = 4:45

| title15 = Bambi Slaughter

| length15 = 2:50

| total_length = 47:51

}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Oshin.{{cite AV media notes |title=Oshin |type=liner notes |others=DIIV |publisher=Captured Tracks |year=2012 |id=CT-158}}

• Devin Ruben Perez
• Andrew Bailey
• Zachary Cole Smith
• Colby Hewitt III

• Ben Wolf (Ben Newman) – drums {{small|(tracks 1, 8, 11, 12)}}

• Daniel James Schlett – recording, mixing
• Nico Testa – engineering assistance
• Zachary Cole Smith – production

• Kiakshuk – cover illustration
• Kopapik Qaqyuarqyuk – back cover illustration
• Simeonie Kopapik – liner illustration
• Sandy Kim – band photo

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