Sept 5th＜限定盤＞

Here's some more narcotic, dimly lit R&B balladry from Drake's Warner-supported OVO Sound label, this time courtesy of duo dvsn, who were a bit coy about revealing their identities. Producer Paul Jefferies (aka Nineteen85, co-maker of "Hotline Bling") and primary vocalist Daniel Daley are credited as co-writers on each song, and they get occasional assistance from Adam Feeney (aka Frank Dukes), Majid Al Maskati (of labelmates Majid Jordan), and Stephen Kozmeniuk (who helped out on Kendrick Lamar's "The Blacker the Berry"). There are a few other accomplices, including some background vocalists who help make some of the material sound like some kind of intimate carnal gospel service, like on "Too Deep," as in "In...too...deep, don't wanna...pull out." 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. ~ Andy Kellman

ドレイクやニッキー・ミナージュをプロデュースしてきたナインティーン85が、シンガーのダニエル・ダレイと組んだデュオのファースト・アルバム。ウィークエンド以降の最先端でありながら、懐かしの90年代R&Bフレイヴァーも感じさせるサウンドは高品質なもの。浮遊感溢れるトラックの中を自在に駆け巡るダニエルの美声が何より素晴らしい! Pitchforkでは納得の〈Best New Music〉を獲得済みの逸品。
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