I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone

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
Studio album by Maybeshewill
Released	11 June 2011 (2011-06-11)
Label	Function
Maybeshewill chronology
Sing the Word Hope in Four-Part Harmony (2009) I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone (2011) Fair Youth (2014)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
NME	[2]
PopMatters	7/10[3]
Rock Sound	8/10[4]
SputnikMusic	[5]

Critical reception

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]

Track listing

I Was Here for a Moment, Then I Was Gone track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opening"	1:58
2.	"Take This to Heart"	4:09
3.	"Red Paper Lanterns"	4:17
4.	"Critical Distance"	4:12
5.	"Accolades"	4:24
6.	"An End to Camaraderie"	4:09
7.	"Words for Arabella"	4:06
8.	"Farewell, Sarajevo"	5:14
9.	"Relative Minors"	6:22
10.	"To the Skies from a Hillside"	5:11

Japanese bonus tracks^[7]

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Спутник-2"	3:05
12.	"I'm in Awe Amadeus" (Acoustic)	3:48

References

1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
2. Tayleure, Abby (25 May 2011). "NME Review". NME. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
3. Ezell, Brice (25 November 2012). "PopMatters Reviews". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
4. Newbound, Tim (29 May 2011). "Rock Sound Review". Rock Sound. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
5. "SputnikMusic Review". SputnikMusic. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
6. Dedman, Remfry (21 March 2016). "Maybeshewill Interview: 'It's really nice to be able to go out at this point and finish on a high'". The Independent. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
7. "Maybeshewill - I was Her For A Moment, Then I Was Gone" (in Japanese). Apple Music. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

External links

• I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone at Discogs (list of releases)
• I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone at MusicBrainz (list of releases)