Henki

"Methuselah" tells the story of Donald Rusk Currey's cutting down of Prometheus, the world's oldest tree.^[2] "Lily" tells of a hospital nurse in Newcastle who witnesses paranormal events after the death of patients, including the appearance of a room full of flowers.^[1]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.0/10[3]
Metacritic	87/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Evening Standard	[6]
The Guardian	[2]
Irish Times	[7]
Pitchfork	7.5/10[1]
Uncut	[8]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Henki received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 87 out of 100 from 9 critic scores.^[4]

Critics thought well of the album. Louis Pattison, writing for Pitchfork, gave the album 7.5 out of 10, and said, "In a catalog already noted for strangeness, Henki 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. Whatever Dawson writes about, he's really writing about people—the ways we choose to live our lives, and the strange and awful things that befall us along the way. Henki blows up these themes into widescreen, unfolding across continents, centuries, and even the afterlife."^[1] Phil Mongredien, writing for The Guardian, highlighted "Silene" and "Methuselah": "A sprawling epic written from the perspective of a seed and a lament for an ancient tree are highlights on this inspired collaboration".^[2]

1. "Cooksonia" – 6:30
2. "Ivy" – 8:57
3. "Silphium" – 12:07
4. "Silene" – 7:16
5. "Methuselah" – 8:26
6. "Lily" – 5:56
7. "Pitcher" – 6:36