Album Review: Morning After

DVSN’s newest work speaks regret from Sept. 5th album

Album Review: Morning After

Morning After is the sophomore album of the duo named DVSN (pronounced division). The duo of Nineteen95 (producer) and Daniel Daley is signed to OVO Sound as PBR&B artists, or alternative R&B.
Based in Toronto, as most OVO artists are, their rise to fame came when they released two songs named “The Line” and “With Me” hit the seventh OVO Sound radio show on Apple’s Beat’s 1 radio station.
They would then release two more songs at the end of 2015 named “Too Deep” and “Hallucinations” on SoundCloud and iTunes. In February of 2016, DVSN would sign with OVO.
They were also featured in “Faithful” by Drake on his “Views” album.
Their first Studio album Sept. 5th was very somber, comparing lust and pain. Morning After steers away from that and embraces love and forgiveness.
The intro song, “Run Away”, Daley talks about this girl and how she was everything to him.
He talks about what he saw with her for a future together, though he put her through a lot of emotional pain by cheating on her consistently.
Then, finally letting her go in regret, knowing he couldn’t fix his mistakes this time, giving the reference of how it’s Sept. 6th the morning after Sept. 5th.
The album is very heavy on love and forgiveness. It doesn’t really go anywhere other than those two characteristics which isn’t something you see very often.
It really focuses on that one person you may have in life and that connection and importance they have in your life. At least, that’s what we gain from Daleys’ perspective.
Morning After is very throwback on production. It doesn’t have a trap-flavor to it like Bryson Tiller or PARTYNEXTDOOR do. If it does, it’s subtle.
The album brings in a more traditional, 90’s feel of R&B whilst still keeping dvsns’ modern-day accent.
This is very apparent in their single off the album, “Mood.” The composition has this slowed-down, genuine-produced feel to it.
Yet, it still has their unique mark on the production, with nineteen95’s alternative R&B feel.
The songs are beautifully written, composed, produced, and sung. Though, there isn’t much to stand out.
As mentioned before, it’s very focused on love and forgiveness, so all the songs do sound alike. It still has that gorgeous sound and production, but it doesn’t have that one song that really stands out, lyric wise.
The only one that stood out was “Body Smile”. It was a very slow-jam song where Daley was trying to hook up with an old flame he wronged. It really emphasis the communication between him and his old flame, sexually.
dvsns Morning After is an amazing album, as it possibly follows their Debut album, with regret of hurting and starting to appreciate love. There’s just not a lot of variety.
dvsn needed to add something else to the album, at least one or two songs that were really unique. That would’ve set them apart from the competition