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Anonhi’s new album , recorded with producer Jimmy Hogarth and a full studio band, marks her return to the “And The Johnsons” moniker after over a decade. Accordingly, it moves past the electronic pop of 2016’s HOPELESSNESS to embrace British folk and American soul music. “I’ve been thinking a lot about Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On. That was a really important touchstone in my mind,” Anonhi explains. “A couple of these songs are almost a response to the call of What’s Going On, from 2023. They are a kind of an echo from the future to that album from 50 years ago.” That influence is readily apparent on lead single and opening track “It Must Change,” a gorgeously groovy recording that captures Anonhi’s first and only vocal take.