Present Tense (Wild Beasts album)

Present Tense
Studio album by
Released24 February 2014 (2014-02-24)
RecordedKonk Studios in London and at The Distillery in Bath, Somerset
GenreIndie rock, dream pop, synthpop
Length40:55
LabelDomino
ProducerLexxx, Leo Abrahams, Wild Beasts
Wild Beasts chronology
Smother
(2011)
Present Tense
(2014)
Boy King
(2016)
Singles from Present Tense
  1. "Wanderlust"
    Released: 24 February 2014
  2. "A Simple Beautiful Truth"
    Released: 19 May 2014
  3. "Mecca"
    Released: 4 August 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10[1]
Metacritic86/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Guardian[4]
The Independent[5]
Mojo[6]
NME9/10[7]
The Observer[8]
Pitchfork8.2/10[9]
Q[10]
Record Collector[11]
Uncut9/10[12]

Present Tense is the fourth studio album by Wild Beasts, released 24 February 2014 on Domino Recording Company. It was preceded by the single "Wanderlust" released on the same day.[13]

  1. ^ "Present Tense by Wild Beasts reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Reviews for Present Tense by Wild Beasts". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. ^ Phares, Heather. "Present Tense – Wild Beasts". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. ^ Nicholson, Rebecca (20 February 2014). "Wild Beasts: Present Tense – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  5. ^ Gill, Andy (21 February 2014). "Album reviews: Little Feat, Neneh Cherry, John Harle & Marc Almond, Julie Fowlis, Wild Beasts". The Independent. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  6. ^ Sheppard, David (March 2014). "Wild Beasts: Present Tense". Mojo (244): 89.
  7. ^ Horner, Al (17 February 2014). "Wild Beasts – 'Present Tense'". NME. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  8. ^ Mongredien, Phil (23 February 2014). "Wild Beasts: Present Tense – review". The Observer. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  9. ^ Cohen, Ian (26 February 2014). "Wild Beasts: Present Tense". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  10. ^ Harrison, Ian (March 2014). "Brute Force". Q (332): 116.
  11. ^ Atkins, Jamie (March 2014). "Wild Beasts – Present Tense". Record Collector (425). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  12. ^ Richards, Sam (20 March 2014). "Wild Beasts – Present Tense". Uncut. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Wild Beasts, Present Tense". Domino Recording Company. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.