Departures features a noteworthy list of collaborators, including the incomparable songstress ​Avery*Sunshine​,​ on the instant classic "​Someone is You​," as well as production helmed by multi-platinum hitmaker Herb Middleton (M​ ary J. Blige​, Usher​) and studio veteran Shawn Hibbler (​Kindred the Family Soul​, ​Darius Rucker​), all the while showcasing the same great storytelling-soul that we fell in love with on Darien’s highly acclaimed debut "​If These Walls Could Talk​." “I love the songwriting process. In a divided world, our stories are the one thing that unify us and reveal how similar we really are.”​ ​-Darien Darien Dean is a soul chemist. In his laboratory, nothing is off limits: combining timeless materials echoing to days past, as heard on the infectious “​Harmless​”; to the modern soul musings of “​Find a Way,”​ to the haunting melodies and timely subject matter of “​Wonders​” and “​Pieces,​” his unique and personal songwriti...