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DISCOMBOBULATED

Hen Ogledd

DISCOMBOBULATED

Latest full-length release from the music project that includes Dawn Bothwell, Rhodri Davies, Richard Dawson and Sally Pilkington

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Weird World
UK Release date
20/02/2026
US Release date
20/02/2026
  1. 9.0 |   Uncut

    A truly singular record. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    Hen Ogledd make music on their fifth album which feels rooted in something more timeless than simple pop. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Dizzying stuff. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    The multiple styles and masses of guest appearances on Discombobulated could have produced a scrambled blob, but instead the community around the core band members adds clarity and strength
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  5. 8.0 |   Clash

    In spite of its title and the national mood which it both mirrors and rebuffs, it’s a smile-inducing, healing experience, one which reminds you of all the good-weird in the world, rather than the bad-weird, which so often seems to be winning in these strange, discombobulated days
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  6. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Featuring taunts in Welsh, ‘bard rap’ and spirited jigs, the British quartet’s ragged, rich music underpins their vision for change
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  7. 7.5 |   No Ripcord

    DISCOMBOBULATED is an idiosyncratic record, overflowing with eccentric charms and a uniquely British (in the best sense of the word) personality
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  8. 7.3 |   Spectrum Culture

    On Hen Ogledd’s latest record, things feel messier and more exposed, as if logic itself has become suspect
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  9. 6.0 |   Far Out

    There are flashes of brilliance, but it’s the sort of album that makes you work hard to truly want to love it
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  10. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Hen Ogledd's latest album, focused on life, death and rebirth sways more into the meandering rather than the conclusive, leaving things feeling somewhat stunted
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