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- Summary: The fourth full-length studio release for the British four-piece was co-produced by Lexxx and Leo Abrahams.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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All we want is to feel that feeling again Just a drop of a lips and we're moving a quip There are some things that gotta be quick, yeah All we want... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 27
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Mixed: 1 out of 27
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Negative: 0 out of 27
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Feb 21, 2014They’ve pulled off possibly the most intelligent, involving and profound record since OK Computer.
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Feb 18, 2014It is an album by a band at the very peak of their powers--one that will make you want to throw your hands up and surrender to its magnificent beauty.
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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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Q MagazineFeb 14, 2014The work of a richly creative entity still in the ascendant, those with a mind to will drink deep. [Mar 2014, p.116]
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Feb 24, 2014Present Tense isn't as flawless as Smother; it's slightly top-loaded, and occasionally the spare instrumentation borders on monotonous. Still, it's a compelling album that shows Wild Beasts can build on their breakthrough in satisfying and challenging ways.
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Feb 21, 2014He's probably too modest to just come out and say that Present Tense is where beauty lies, but he should; this fourth Wild Beasts album is a stunner.
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Feb 21, 2014“Wanderlust” establishes the overall thematic impulse to live culturally beyond one’s means, but in practice this can lead to the preference for smarts over suitability that spoils a track like “A Dog’s Life”. But there are moments of greatness here and there.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 12
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Mixed: 0 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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