Smiths schreibt in der Washington Post selbst über seine Funktion bei Beach Fossils und der Irrtum, dass Dive nur ein Seitenprojekt wären. Sie klingen doch auch ganz anders und sie viel besser:
„Despite the headlines, Dive is not an after-thought for Zachary Cole Smith, who’s also a member of Beach Fossils. “Beach Fossils is not really my band at all,” the singer-songwriter says. “Everybody’s like, ‘Beach Fossils side project!’ and stuff. But Beach Fossils has nothing to do with me at all. I just play in the live band. All I do is jump around on stage and stuff.” Smith has been an off-and-on member of Beach Fossils for two years, and is currently the sleepy pop group’s guitarist.
He only began writing songs for his similarly minded solo project, Dive, in May. Both Brooklyn bands trade in airy, reverb-heavy vocals and dreamy guitar lines. And they both record for the buzzy record label Captured Tracks.“
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