Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	B+
Consequence of Sound	C−
Drowned in Sound	8/10
Entertainment Weekly	B+
The Guardian
NME	9/10
The Observer
Pitchfork	8.3/10
Spin	7/10

Oshin is the debut studio album by American rock band DIIV. It was released on June 26, 2012, by Captured Tracks. The album was produced by frontman Zachary Cole Smith.

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."

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.

On lists of the top 50 albums of 2012, Oshin was listed 22nd by Stereogum and 40th by Pitchfork.

All tracks written and produced by Zachary Cole Smith.

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Oshin.

DIIV

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