Written in Los Angeles and self- recorded in the band’s hometown of Auckland, New Zealand, indie rock heroes The Beths latest album ‘Straight Line Was A Lie’ is an instant classic.
Following on from 2022’s critically celebrated album ‘Expert in A Dying Field’, lead singer/songwriter Liz Stokes delves deeper into her psyche, addressing everything from fraught family dynamics, physical and mental health challenges, to roundabout progress.
to physical and mental health challenges, and fraught family dynamics. Inspired by The Go-Go’s, Olivia Rodrigo, flmmaker Akira Kurosawa, and Stephen King’s On Writing, amongst others, Stokes’ songwriting has achieved startling new depths of insight and vulnerability.
Fans will agree that Straight Line Was A Lie is the most sharply observant, truthful, and poetic Beths project to date.
