Watch DIIV cover Elliott Smith's "Ballad Of Big Nothing"

The band recently released Is The Is Are, the long-awaited follow up to 2012's Oshin.

The original "Ballad Of Big Nothing" features on Smith's '97 record Either/Or.

Is The Is Are is out now via Captured Tracks.

Hear the "Ballad Of Big Nothing" cover below. The band's upcoming UK/EU shows are after.

March

17 – O2 Institute, Birmingham
18 – Heaven, London
19 – Rock City, Nottingham
20 – Gorilla, Manchester
21 – Plug, Sheffield
22 – Belgrave, Leeds
24 – SWG3 Glasgow
25 – Bongo Club, Edinburgh
26 – Riverside, Newcastle
27 – Arts Club, Liverpool
28 – Haunt, Brighton
30 – Gebaude 9, Cologne
31 – Lido, Berlin

April

1 – Orangehouse, Munich
2 – Mascotte, Zurich
3 – Magnolia, Milan
6 – La Fleche D’Or – Paris
7 – Botanique, Brussels
9 – Rotondes, Luxembourg
10 – Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg
11 – Paradiso, Amsterdam