After I missed the last two albums to test listening, I was very happy that the rapid rhymes from The Times of Entertainist or Presidential Suite are back. That Gonzo's Innovationswut time even goes so far that he embeds his "Anti-Rap" in epic arrangements. And that still fits together. Even when musical style is properly varied.
Nevertheless, The Unspeakable leaves a doubting aftertaste and a pensive mood. Do you have to make about worries about Jason "Chilly Gonzales" Beck (as he is called now in the booklet and individual verses themselves)? Literally every song is an ego trip, where the champion in the world of music breaks the head about himself and his position; in which he talks about what is expected of him, manifesting his dissatisfaction; in which he questioned and broods. It will not shake the feeling that Gonzo has fallen into a crisis over his last attempts after relatively successful solo piano.
But it is not excluded that this impression is one of the gimmicks of the ultimate entertainer only again. And it is to be hoped that the ironic wit that always lay behind his music and had always felt before The Unspeakable, has not gone away and come back soon.
I wait impatiently for Gonzales' forthcoming second solo piano disc. Apparently, he listens to his microphone:
Hello Microphone, it's me Jason
I know you prefer me on the piano, so be patient.
[...] One of these days I want
Shut up and play the piano!
