Album Review: Hen Ogledd - Free Humans
“Comparison between Free Humans and a sci-fi family adventure film abounds throughout. There are multiple fantastic characters popping up, like the retired space entertainer lost in memories on “Crimson Star”, and the titular Orion-dwelling monster on “Paul is 9Ft Tall (Marsh Gas)” who is voiced in comically macabre tones and melodramatic choral backing. Also afoot across the album are plenty of fun and games, especially found on the anti-gravity pop of “Space Golf”, where the soon-to-be-common adage “you cannot play golf in space” is the crux of an anthem about acceptance and banishing prejudices.”
Hen Ogledd, the sci-fi folk weirdos featuring Richard Dawson, Sally Bothwell, Rhodri Davies and Sally Pilkington, have a new album out called Free Humans, which I had a lot of fun reviewing. Take a look on Beats Per Minute.
