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Formed in 2005, instrumental 4 piece Maybeshewill have been quietly building an significant worldwide fanbase.. Their first two albums received widespread critical acclaim including glowing reviews and coverage from Kerrang, RockSound, Drowned In Sound and BBC Radio 1. The new album is intended as the soundtrack to an as yet unimagined film; widescreen cinematic highs and haunting moments of quiet played off against intense, almost brutally pounding guitars. They've maintained an intense touring schedule that has seen them play sold out shows across the UK, Europe, Russia and Japan and festival slots at 2000trees, Summer Sundae, Truck, Dot To Dot, Off The Cuff, Dunk! and countless others. In September 2010 they released the first single from the album, entitled 'To The Skies From A Hillside' on Nottingham's Field Records before departing their safe home for the previous five years for fresh ears and a new approach at London's Function Records for the second single 'Critical Distance' in March 2011. With glowing press for both singles and sold out shows across the UK, Europe, Russia and Japan under their belt, they've never been more confident in the year ahead. I was here for a moment, then I was gone is released in the UK on 6th June . "They ve the potential to become a domestic instrumental act that truly matters" Drowned In Sound // "Most bands couldn't juggle the collective noise of Mogwai and Glassjaw without exploding... These songs are extremely quick to kick your teeth in when you least expect it" Kerrang (KKKK) // "Mercurial and introspective in mood and devastating in emotional intensity" RockSound (8/10) // European Press/PR- Five Roses Press...
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MAYBESHEWILL - I WAS HERE AWHILE, THEN I WAS GONE - CD ALBUM- BRAND NEW EXCELLENT CONDITION
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Maybeshewill have taken a risk with this album, ditching all use of samples and vocals that made the previous albums stand out from many similar post-rock bands. This needed to be something spectacular in its own right to stand out, and it delivers completely.
The intro tracks are reminiscent of a movie soundtrack, with heavy atmosphere and inspiring melodies. They progress seamlessly to the beautiful single Critical Distance, with one of the most memorable choruses MSW have produced.
Accolades is a welcome return to a heavier tone, whilst blending seamlessly with the softer segments of the track, a style continued until the peaceful Words for Arabella. Despite the cliched baby samples, it's a perfect showcase of the band's softer side.
Farewell Sarajevo is arguably the peak of the album and one of the greatest songs MSW have produced, an epic suite of electronica, post-rock and classical elements, progressing from strength to strength for it's full duration. The even lengthier following track Relative Minors has a more subtle progression, but effectively leads up to the album's close.
If there was any doubt that the album lacked the power of the previous two, it ends with an incredible finale in To The Skies From a Hillside. Both heavy and graceful, it closes off an already fantastic album on a massive high.
Without doubt this is my favorite MSW album so far - a much maturer, deeper work of their unique sound that's unlike any other post-rock I've heard. I can't think where they can go from here without trying something radically different again, as they've perfected what they set out to achieve.
10/10.
The intro tracks are reminiscent of a movie soundtrack, with heavy atmosphere and inspiring melodies. They progress seamlessly to the beautiful single Critical Distance, with one of the most memorable choruses MSW have produced.
Accolades is a welcome return to a heavier tone, whilst blending seamlessly with the softer segments of the track, a style continued until the peaceful Words for Arabella. Despite the cliched baby samples, it's a perfect showcase of the band's softer side.
Farewell Sarajevo is arguably the peak of the album and one of the greatest songs MSW have produced, an epic suite of electronica, post-rock and classical elements, progressing from strength to strength for it's full duration. The even lengthier following track Relative Minors has a more subtle progression, but effectively leads up to the album's close.
If there was any doubt that the album lacked the power of the previous two, it ends with an incredible finale in To The Skies From a Hillside. Both heavy and graceful, it closes off an already fantastic album on a massive high.
Without doubt this is my favorite MSW album so far - a much maturer, deeper work of their unique sound that's unlike any other post-rock I've heard. I can't think where they can go from here without trying something radically different again, as they've perfected what they set out to achieve.
10/10.
Format:Audio CD
This is definitely the most ambitious and consistent album MSW have recorded.
Whilst maintaining their instrumental post-rock sound and keeping a lot of their signature sounds and identity, this album is a big shift in style and mood. Gone are the samples, techno-loops and excessive distortion or nagging Casio keyboards, and in comes a more delicate mature experience with string arrangements and minor chords. There is still energy, but it is more urgent and controlled. There is still heaviness, but without the chaos or ferocity. There is still passion, but it's directed into a more beautifully tragic and melancholic tone whilst rarely being quiet or slow.
Although this album provides the most enjoyable continuous experience from start to finish compared to previous efforts, the benefit of consistency brings the risk of repetition. The album certainly has a climax, but it generally lacks the variety that's found in their earlier albums. You will probably not find their very best songs on this album either, tracks made great by their dramatic euphoria from when they were younger. However, the band has clearly grown and harnessed their talent very well to produce arguably their most solid album yet.
Whilst maintaining their instrumental post-rock sound and keeping a lot of their signature sounds and identity, this album is a big shift in style and mood. Gone are the samples, techno-loops and excessive distortion or nagging Casio keyboards, and in comes a more delicate mature experience with string arrangements and minor chords. There is still energy, but it is more urgent and controlled. There is still heaviness, but without the chaos or ferocity. There is still passion, but it's directed into a more beautifully tragic and melancholic tone whilst rarely being quiet or slow.
Although this album provides the most enjoyable continuous experience from start to finish compared to previous efforts, the benefit of consistency brings the risk of repetition. The album certainly has a climax, but it generally lacks the variety that's found in their earlier albums. You will probably not find their very best songs on this album either, tracks made great by their dramatic euphoria from when they were younger. However, the band has clearly grown and harnessed their talent very well to produce arguably their most solid album yet.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Maybeshewill do it again
22 July 2011
'I was here for a moment, then I was gone' is another entrancing trip to post-rock heaven. What makes this record special in an otherwise congested genre is its brevity. Frequently, post-rock bands tend to get side tracked into long, over wrought song structures that tend to drag. Not Maybeshewill: their frequently complex arrangements at all times display a purpose and a drive that carries with it the suspense and dramatic tension that the band excel at. Musically, it progresses from their last album in having fewer heavily distorted, alt-rock breakdowns, but surpasses it through carefully balanced and brilliantly worked dynamic shifts.
Of particular note on this superb album is the exceptional 'Take this to Heart', an urgent and demanding song that serves as the album's true starting point behind the two minute opening track. Elsewhere, 'Accolades' seeks to destroy the concept of a mid-album slump by offering forth the band's most powerful song to date, while 'Words for Arabella' slows the pace with mournful horns and reflective strings, before the album powers through to its epic conclusion with 'To the skies from a hillside'.
If you like instrumental music with grandiose ambition, you could do no better than Maybeshewill: 'I was here for a moment...' is far from a fleeting stay from a passing band, but rather the finest hour of four musicians with endless potential.
Of particular note on this superb album is the exceptional 'Take this to Heart', an urgent and demanding song that serves as the album's true starting point behind the two minute opening track. Elsewhere, 'Accolades' seeks to destroy the concept of a mid-album slump by offering forth the band's most powerful song to date, while 'Words for Arabella' slows the pace with mournful horns and reflective strings, before the album powers through to its epic conclusion with 'To the skies from a hillside'.
If you like instrumental music with grandiose ambition, you could do no better than Maybeshewill: 'I was here for a moment...' is far from a fleeting stay from a passing band, but rather the finest hour of four musicians with endless potential.
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