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I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone

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I Was Here For a Moment,
Then I Was Gone
Studio album by
Released11 June 2011 (2011-06-11)
LabelFunction
Maybeshewill chronology
Sing the Word Hope in Four-Part Harmony
(2009)
I Was Here For a Moment,
Then I Was Gone

(2011)
Fair Youth
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
NME[2]
PopMatters7/10[3]
Rock Sound8/10[4]
SputnikMusic[5]

I Was Here for a Moment, Then I Was Gone is the third studio album by English post-rock band Maybeshewill. It was released on 11 June 2011 by Function Records.[6]

Critical reception

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I Was Here for a Moment, Then I Was Gone was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76 based on 4 reviews.[1]

In a review for NME, critic reviewer Abby Tayleure wrote: "Their first studio-recorded album, after working on the other two in a spare bedroom, took a grand total of 18 months to put together and is reminiscent of the likes of 65daysofstatic, Mogwai and Glassjaw. Epic guitars, crashing drums and intense keys – it’s a dramatic record that will shake your bones.[2] Tim Newbound of Rock Sound called the release the "most ball-bustingly intense and breathtakingly beautiful thing" the band has ever done.[4]

Track listing

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I Was Here for a Moment, Then I Was Gone track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Opening"1:58
2."Take This to Heart"4:09
3."Red Paper Lanterns"4:17
4."Critical Distance"4:12
5."Accolades"4:24
6."An End to Camaraderie"4:09
7."Words for Arabella"4:06
8."Farewell, Sarajevo"5:14
9."Relative Minors"6:22
10."To the Skies from a Hillside"5:11
Japanese bonus tracks[7]
No.TitleLength
11."Спутник-2"3:05
12."I'm in Awe Amadeus" (Acoustic)3:48

References

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  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Tayleure, Abby (25 May 2011). "NME Review". NME. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ Ezell, Brice (25 November 2012). "PopMatters Reviews". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b Newbound, Tim (29 May 2011). "Rock Sound Review". Rock Sound. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  5. ^ "SputnikMusic Review". SputnikMusic. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. ^ Dedman, Remfry (21 March 2016). "Maybeshewill Interview: 'It's really nice to be able to go out at this point and finish on a high'". The Independent. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Maybeshewill - I was Her For A Moment, Then I Was Gone" (in Japanese). Apple Music. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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