I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone
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| I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone | ||||
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| Released | 11 June 2011 | |||
| Label | Function | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| NME |    [2] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[3] |
| Rock Sound | 8/10[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]
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]