Past the pain and grandeur that accompany growth can sometimes come the realization that you might end up exactly where you started. The Auckland, New Zealand-based four piece the Beths reckon with this conundrum on their fourth studio album, Straight Line Was a Lie, which adds a more introspective tone …
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The Beths have returned with the shimmering new single “Metal” and announced a North American headlining tour. The new track basks in jangle rock, as singer Elizabeth Stokes sings, “So you need the metal in your blood to keep you alive” alongside Jonathan Pearce’s bright 12-string guitar. “I think we …
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“Watching the Credits,” the new single from the Beths, didn’t arrive in time to make the setlist for their debut performance on NPR‘s Tiny Desk concert series, but the New Zealand band had enough material in their back pocket to fill the space. The indie rock quartet led by Elizabeth …
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New Zealand indie-pop band the Beths visited CBS Mornings to showcase tracks off their 2022 album Expert in a Dying Field for the “Saturday Sessions.” Currently in the midst of a U.S. tour, singer Elizabeth Stokes and company’s three-song mini-set featured the album-opening title track, “Your Side” and “When You …
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“WE STARTED JAMMING in 2014,” Elizabeth Stokes says on a Zoom one afternoon in August, trying to trace the formation of her band. “Jamming,” she repeats, chuckling as she puts up air-quotes. “I don’t feel cool enough to use that word.” This is the kind of self-deprecation Stokes is notorious …
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