Potamon fluviatile and covers parts of many countries with a Mediterranean coastline. It is found in mainland Italy and on the Balkan Peninsula from Dalmatia to the Axios River in Greece. It is also found on a number of islands, including Sicily, Malta and Gozo, the Ionian Islands, Aegean Islands, Sporades and Andros in the Cyclades. Although the species as a whole is widespread, it is declining in numbers, and these insular populations are particularly vulnerable. "Potamon fluviatile" is widely distributed in much of mainland Italy, especially in the provinces of Trento, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Apulia, and Calabria,
Is the Is Are Are", Smith identified Elliott Smith and Royal Trux as his then-primary influences: "There's a huge influence that I really wanna establish on the record: Elliott Smith. On the first record, we kind of eschewed pop structure – it was much more influenced by German psychedelic bands like Kluster, La Düsseldorf, Neu! or Can. But listening to Elliott has brought me into pop structure – verses and choruses and pre-choruses – stuff that I never really found interesting before. Also, I'm inspired by Royal Trux's "Accelerator" and their self-titled record – there's something so chaotic about it." DIIV announced they would