The Beths formed in Auckland around 2014, with Elizabeth Stokes on vocals and guitar, Tristan Deck on drums, Jamie MacDowell on guitar, and Benjamin Sinclair on bass. They started playing local shows and built things up from there.
Their 2018 debut album 'Future Me Hates Me' got them noticed, with the title track becoming a standout. The song has that sharp, self-aware quality that runs through a lot of their work, like 'Happy Unhappy' and 'I'm Not Getting Excited'.
They followed it up with 'Jump Rope Gazers' in 2020 and 'Expert in a Dying Field' in 2023. The band's sound is straightforward guitar pop with clever lyrics, delivered without much fuss.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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