We see the Beths in your future. Aucklander Elizabeth Stokes has probably already written a soul-piercing, self-deprocating, sing-along about it. Her knack for delivering the stories of our lives in perfect pop-punk songs made their 2018 ten track LP Future Me Hates Me a cover to cover banger. The Beths accompany her witticisms with incredibly textural guitar and bright soundscapes that give an upbeat catharsis to her rockers about anxiety, wrecked romance, foresight, hindsight, and nostalgia for non-existent futures with lovers you only just laid eyes on. Expect dreamy, scathing, moody, energetic music from this power trio. Future us will see you at the Friday night Galaxy Barn show, and the Saturday Night Woods Stage show.
Watch: The Beths Live on KEXP
Watch: Uptown Girl | Little Death | Happy Unhappy | You Wouldn’t Like Me
Read: Rolling Stone review – The Beths on the sly humor and irresistible hooks of their debut.
Read: Pitchfork review – Future Me Hates Me
Listen: Carpark Records | Bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music | TIDAL