On the other hand, those songs--Keef left behind pop hooks and stomping production for questing, tender experimentation. He discovered a talent for production, and released a criminally overlooked album--Nobody--full of quiet, oddball gems.

All of which brings us to "Voodoo," which charts a new direction forward from 2014's confusing morass of misplaced label expectations and self-discovery. Keef packs at least six glorious earworm moments into "Voodoo," like the way he pronounces the word "tutu," or the breakdown around four minutes when the beat falls out, misty synths come in, and his voice goes through the Stargate.