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Apr 27, 2016Apart from the relatively lively pulse of the aching "Another One," everything plays out at slow-jam tempo, and the vocals often slip into falsetto mode with lapses in enunciation. The duo is at their most effective on finale "The Line," a bare, subtly churchified pleader.
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Apr 27, 2016On Sept. 5, dvsn establish themselves as the cutting edge of post-millennial soul music, electrifying, absorbing and, at their best, downright mind-blowing.
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Apr 27, 2016Refreshingly, they're not only about slick production atmospherics, though some cavernous sonics and electro rhythms threaten to steal the show around the album's midpoint.
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Apr 27, 2016This group is wise and capable enough to eschew nearly every shortcut of today's personality-first music culture and dial into the silence between the noise. It's what confidence sounds like.
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May 3, 2016The more you listen to it, the more you find, the more you appreciate.
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May 2, 2016As a whole, it eschews the current R&B trend of existing within multiple genres or creating a genre unto itself, and the collection is unengaging because of it.
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Apr 27, 2016Despite some glaring issues, Sept. 5th manages to stay listenable, and offers occasional glimpses of genuine inspiration.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 43 out of 55
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Mixed: 10 out of 55
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Negative: 2 out of 55
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Aug 7, 2018One of the best R&B albums I've heard to this date. Silence is the greatest power that is highlighted by this album.