DIIV cover Elliott Smith’s “Ballad of Big Nothing” — watch

Earlier this month brought the release of the soundtrack to the 2014 Elliott Smith documentary Heaven Adores You. The 20-track collection featured a number of rare and previously unheard tracks from across the late singer-songwriter’s career. If that wasn’t enough Smith material for fans, this week a new cover of his 1997 Either/Or cut “Ballad of Big Nothing”, by Brooklyn indie rockers DIIV, has been revealed.

The band’s connection to Smith should come as no surprise, as DIIV frontman Zachary Cole Smith has long considered the songwriter a major influence; if you’ll recall, he and girlfriend Sky Ferreira participated in a tribute concert back in 2013.

The acoustic take was done as part of HERO Magazine’s online HERO Sessions series. For its accompanying feature story, Zachary Cole Smith notes that girlfriend Ferreira once gifted him with a guitar that Elliott Smith previously played.

Watch below.

Additionally, DIIV have announced a US tour in support of their latest album, Is the Is Are.

DIIV 2016 Tour Dates:
02/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
02/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
02/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

02/27 – San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall

02/28 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent

03/03 – Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel
03/04 – Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel
03/05 – Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel

05/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Making Time at 714

05/22 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit

05/23 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop

05/25 – St. Louis, MO @ Ready Room

05/26 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck

05/27 – Dallas, TX @ Trees

05/28 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk

05/29 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall

05/30 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa

06/01 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West

06/02 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn

06/03 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar

06/04 – Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch

06/05 – Toronto, ON @ Field Trip Music & Arts Festival

06/07 – Boston, MA @ Sinclair

06/08 – Pawtucket, RI @ Met

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