| Any Human Friend | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | Marika Hackman |
| Cover: | Marika Hackman - Any Human Friend.png |
| Released: | 9 August 2019 |
| Recorded: | Konk Studios, Coronet Studios, and Bayford Studio (London, England) |
| Genre: | Indie rock |
| Length: | 41:04 |
| Prev Title: | I'm Not Your Man |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | Big Sigh |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
Any Human Friend is the third full-length studio album by English musician Marika Hackman. It was released on 9 August 2019 by AMF Records, Virgin EMI Records and Sub Pop.[1]
Any Human Friend received positive reviews from critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 15 reviews.
Aimee Cliff of The Guardian praised the album, giving it a perfect score. In her review for The Independent, Alexandra Pollard called Any Human Friend "a blunt, bold album on which Hackman's beatific voice sits atop methodically messy instrumentals." Clare Martin of Paste gave the album a 9.3 out of 10, calling it "a treasure trove of zippy guitar hooks, glimmering synths and lemony vocals expertly curated by Hackman." Writing for PopMatters, Chris Ingalls called it "a quantum leap forward for Hackman, as the more fully-formed, full-band arrangements add a welcome element to her sharp lyrical content. The music is biting and arresting yet never manages to distract from what she's singing about. Rather, it creates new and exciting dimensions to what would have probably been great songs even with simple acoustic guitar accompaniment."[2]
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