''I Was Here for a Moment, Then I Was Gone'' is the third

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by English

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band

Maybeshewill Maybeshewill are an English post-rock band from Leicester, England. Their music is characterised by the use of programmed and sampled electronic elements alongside guitars, bass, keyboards and drums. History Maybeshewill were formed by guit ...

. It was released on 11 June 2011 by Function Records.

Critical reception

''I Was Here for a Moment, Then I Was Gone'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At

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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an

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score of 76 based on 4 reviews. In a review for ''

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'', 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. Tim Newbound of ''

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'' called the release the "most ball-bustingly intense and breathtakingly beautiful thing" the band has ever done.

Track listing

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2011 albums Maybeshewill albums