Aug 31, 2025
The Beths Straight Line Was A Lie (2025)
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The Beths Straight Line Was A Lie (2025)
Never change, unless you do Unless you want to, unless you want to
THE BETHS Roundabout (Live on KEXP)
THE BETHS "Straight Line Was a Lie" on World Cafe Live
The Beths has always been a band with rules. You know, no synthesizers, no tempos below X [...] everyone sings and plays at the same time. This structure has always been part of what we do [...] The structure facilitates the creative side.
FAIRWEATHERMYTH + A(s)OTY 2025 The Beths - Straight Line Was a Lie
New Zealand indie-rockers, THE BETHS, are back with their fourth album Straight Line Was A Lie. For the quartet, the record can be summarised as a representation of life where nothing is straightforward, and everything happens in its own mysterious way. It’s as equally terrifying as it is beautiful but, in the words of frontwoman Elizabeth Stokes, “Linear progression is an illusion. What life really is is maintenance and finding meaning in that maintenance.” And, frankly, the album serves as a sweet reminder that we are all human beings going through our own stories at different paces, so there’s no point in comparing yourself to others.
The Beths Expert In A Dying Field (2022) dir. Frances Carter
How does it feel To be an expert in a dying field? And how do you know It's over when you can't let go? You can't let go, you can't stop, can't rewind Love is learned over time 'Til you're an expert in a dying field
It’s mostly about Oakley Creek, which during the [2023] Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods got wiped out. It’s a very beloved space. It’s now 2025, and it still hasn’t recovered. There are no paths anymore; it’s kind of grown wild a bit and changed a lot. To some extent, it feels like a lot of life is just being eroded, but nature continues on in a way that’s comforting. You can say Oakley Creek got destroyed, but it didn’t. It’s still there—it’s just different. — via Apple Music
THE BETHS Mosquitoes | Live At Studio 1 Vintage Guitars they fell /stayed fallen /roots exposed /reaching high /something's growing
The Beths Mother, Pray For Me (2025) dir. Annabel Kean & Callum Devlin
Mother, don't cry for me I have done enough injury I wanted to hurt you for the hurt you made in me And I know that I'm why you cried Mother, pray for me
'Cause I'm late again to realizing. The spiral turns so steadily down, there's no getting out.
THE BETHS Coal Drops Sessions, Live on Regent's Canal in London