Present Tense

by Shoes

Present Tense cover art

Stepping out of their DIY home-recording origins into a professional studio, the Illinois quartet delivered one of the era's most pristine power pop albums. The record is packed with immaculately crafted, melancholy guitar hooks and incredibly smooth, Beatlesque vocal harmonies. Despite its massive critical acclaim, it failed to break the band into the commercial mainstream, ensuring its status as a timeless cult classic.

Genres

  • Power Pop

Tracklist

  1. Tomorrow Night
  2. Too Late
  3. Hangin' Around with You
  4. Your Very Eyes
  5. In My Arms Again
  6. Somebody Has What I Had
  7. Now and Then
  8. Every Girl
  9. I Don't Miss You
  10. Cruel You
  11. Three Times (See Me / Say It / Listen)
  12. I Don't Wanna Hear It