• Record Label: Elektra
  • Release Date: Apr 29, 2016
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Apr 27, 2016
    90
    On Sept. 5, dvsn establish themselves as the cutting edge of post-millennial soul music, electrifying, absorbing and, at their best, downright mind-blowing.
  2. Apr 27, 2016
    83
    This 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.
  3. May 3, 2016
    80
    The more you listen to it, the more you find, the more you appreciate.
  4. Apr 27, 2016
    80
    Refreshingly, 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.
  5. 67
    Despite some glaring issues, Sept. 5th manages to stay listenable, and offers occasional glimpses of genuine inspiration.
  6. Apr 27, 2016
    60
    Apart 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.
  7. May 2, 2016
    40
    As 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.
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 55
  2. Negative: 2 out of 55
  1. Apr 29, 2016
    10
    Found DVSN back when he first came out with "with me." ever since I have been watching his progress and this album reflects his unique R&BFound DVSN back when he first came out with "with me." ever since I have been watching his progress and this album reflects his unique R&B style of music. Amazing Album!!! Full Review »
  2. May 14, 2016
    10
    Extremely impressed with this album, nineteen85 and Daniel Daley really come through on it. It's old school R & B with a very cool modernExtremely impressed with this album, nineteen85 and Daniel Daley really come through on it. It's old school R & B with a very cool modern twist, I prefer this to Views to be completely honest, thus album is actually very underrated as well. The production is so nightly, some real night mood type stuff, very sensual, and very Toronto. Full Review »
  3. Aug 7, 2018
    8
    One of the best R&B albums I've heard to this date. Silence is the greatest power that is highlighted by this album.