Past // Present // Future

NME 4/5 Previously associated with pop-punk, the trio turn their sights to another much maligned genre, treating it with a curiosity that creates pure magic.

The Line of Best Fit 7/10 On their debut, MM@TA have cemented themselves as champions of olden days pop punk, repackaged and remodelled for the new generation.

Kerrang! 4/5 Past //Present // Future dismantles every box the band have found themselves pigeonholed in, and sets them on their own path of integrity and triumph.

DIY 4/5 Achieving the feat of making pop punk still sound distinctive.

Gigwise 8/10 Meet Me @ The Altar are not just following the crowd that came before them. By refusing to just blindly obey music industry trends, they’ve made pop-punk their own and on Past // Present // Future has cemented their place as the scene’s best young band.

Clash 4/10 Meet Me @ The Altar remain in the turgid fields of their bland predecessors on ‘Past // Present // Future’. For better or for worse, the sound of pop-punk’s resurgence remains affirmative if, at the very least, much like Groundhog Day.

The Guardian 3/5 Past//Present//Future suffers from a sense of sameness – compact or not, the songs eventually blur into one mass of pop hooks and distorted guitars.