‘Never Enough’, Daniel Caeser’s newest album.

Introducing the album with the magical ‘Ocho Rios’, the tone is set for a musical experience that will leave the listener wondering: is this a killer track or a massage for my eardrums? Luring you into his sophisticated R&B, Daniel Caeser, yet again, makes a magnificent album.

I have been a long-time fan of Caeser’s, ever since the utterly beautiful ‘Best Part’ and ‘Get You’ 2018 hits. In this fourth album, the Canadian artist redeems my early interest in him. Smooth rhythms, playful vocals, symbiotic features, and a lyricism that pendulates from the cheeky to the profound. Despite the experimentalism, the ethereal vocals and soothing beats characteristic of Caeser remain ever-present, allowing one to dust off the love they stored for Freudian and put it to use in this new reinvention of him.

The themes vary: they can get romantic, dare I say Japanese-denim-esque such as ‘Always’, ‘Let me Go’ and ‘Valentina’; they can get social, such as ‘Homiesexuel’ denouncing male toxicity; or they can get existential, such as ‘Vince Van Gogh’. One song he’s in the Matrix, the next he ‘likes it nasty’. And yet his R&B ballad style never ceases to be his forté, with instrumentals so visceral they’ll transport you to the most dramatic love scene your brain can concoct. All in all, while an artist must experiment with all the dimensions his musicality can reach, Caeser’s ballads never fail to resonate with the romantic in us all, and for that, I am grateful to him.