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- Artist(s): Circle, Janne Westerlund, Julius Jääskeläinen, Jussi Lehtisalo
- Summary: Historic plants are the theme of the full-length collaboration between Richard Dawson and Circle.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Experimental, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal
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MojoNov 29, 2021It routinely achieves a perfect fusion of forma nd content. [Dec 2021, p.87]
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Nov 29, 2021Just as Dawson clearly relishes being able to record with Circle, so too does the album feel like a treat imparted to the listener in the lead up to Christmas. There’s so much to unpack here. It’s a sprawling work, the shortest song being six minutes, the longest being over twelve. Lyrically, Dawson is on fine form.
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Dec 2, 2021Henki is an extremely entertaining tightrope walk between restraint and free rein, its well-earned moments of excess and exuberance genuinely joyful. It’s a ridiculous and brilliant record and makes an extravagant last-minute bid to sit among the best albums of the year.
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Nov 29, 2021These are wild, protean hard rock songs rooted in psychedelic folk and delivered with Green Man-worthy gusto. What's not to love?
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Nov 29, 2021Throughout, there is so much going on that it takes many listens to absorb everything. But persevere and a tour de force of botanical rock takes form.
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Nov 29, 2021Henki might be Richard Dawson’s strangest album to date. But his ideas are fertilized by these songs’ peculiar twists and turns; the more Dawson and Circle lean into their eccentricities, the more their music resonates.
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Classic Rock MagazineDec 8, 2021Dawson's heavily mannered delivery and maximalist verbosity requires patience at times, but Silene is one of the most straightforwardly beautiful songs he has ever recorded. [Jan 2022, p.83]
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Jan 31, 2022
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Dec 2, 2021
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