Free Humans is the third studio album by the British alternative rock band Hen Ogledd. It was released on September 25, 2020, by Domino Recording Company to generally favorable reviews.
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Reception
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Free Humans received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 from 6 critic scores. Writing for AllMusic, Fred Thomas described Free Humans as a "dense album, with sounds stuffed into every available space and fields of ideas painstakingly arranged on each song." Jazz Monroe of Pitchfork said that the album was "guided by a childlike innocence," also noting that the "silly-serious concept is as wonderful as the band’s delight in it".
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's Bandcamp.
Hen Ogledd
Dawn Bothwell – vocals, microKORG, iMaschine 2, whistling, production
Rhodri Davies – vocals, electric harp, percussion, triangle, claves, production, pedal harp on "Crimson Star"
Richard Dawson – vocals, bass, gongs, tom-toms, hi-hat, production, additional guitar on "Trouble", "Remains", "Bwganod" and "Skinny Dippers"
Sally Pilkington – vocals, Roland JD-Xi, Roland VT-3 vocoder, organ, percussion, production, design
Additional contributors
Brychan, Elliw, Milenka and Zosia – vocals on "Bwganod"
Oscar Fleming – percussion
Lee Patterson – field recordings
Mette Rasmussen – saxophone
Pat Thomas – keyboards
Sam Grant – production, recording
Janne Hansson – recording (pedal harp on "Crimson Star")
Christian Wright – mastering
Anna Barratt – artwork
Matthew Cooper – layout
Paul J Street – layout
Math Roberts – photography