Present Tense
by Wild Beasts
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Feb 25, 2014
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 70 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 70
  3. Negative: 2 out of 70
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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Record Collector
    Mar 31, 2014
    80
    Perhaps their most impressive, consistent and varied offering to date.
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  2. PopMatters
    Mar 7, 2014
    90
    The way Wild Beasts can’t seem to play a bum note or place a single syllable in the wrong verse, makes Present Tense one of the most quietly exhilarating albums in recent memory, and all the more so for using its evocative power to unsettle and seduce in equal measure.
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  3. Slant Magazine
    Mar 3, 2014
    90
    Present Tense possesses a complexity that's not so calculated, focusing on the passage of music rather than layer upon layer of sound. Its 11 synth-drenched tracks are more bare than those on Smother, but they move much more fluidly, their liquiform seduction establishing a contrast with the band's ominous lyrics.
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