On the surface, there’s absolutely no reason that I should enjoy the spoken word ramblings of Ansonandtherest. The album contains no singing, it’s just musical meanderings layered under the storytelling poetry of Anson Hohne. If you described this to me, I would tell you, conceptually, it sounds abysmal.Â
But it’s not. Maybe I’m just getting old and I’m open to weirder things but it’s actually soothing. The calm vocal speaking paints a tiny picture of familiar things – dealing with the rain, traveling for a lost love and lots of coffee.
If you find this pretentious and self-indulgent, I wouldn’t fault you, but I think if you listen to it meditatively, you will enjoy some part of it.