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Universal acclaim- based on 70 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 63 out of 70
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Mixed: 5 out of 70
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Negative: 2 out of 70
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Awards & Rankings
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Mar 31, 2014Perhaps their most impressive, consistent and varied offering to date.
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Mar 7, 2014The 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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Mar 3, 2014Present 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.