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Aug 29, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Frances Carter

The Beths have released a new album, Straight Line Was a Lie, today via ANTI-. Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also read our review of the album. Stream it below and read our review, which we posted yesterday, here. Also below is the album’s title track, which was released earlier this week.

“Listeners know what they’re getting with a new album from The Beths: punchy guitars, stacked vocal harmonies, razor-sharp hooks, and Elizabeth Stokes’ deeply playful, vulnerable, and self-deprecating lyrical voice. The band has it down to a science,” says Caleb Campbell in his review of Straight Line Was a Lie.

The Beths are the New Zealand-based quartet of vocalist Elizabeth Stokes, guitarist Jonathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair, and drummer Tristan Deck.

They previously shared the album’s first single “Metal” which was one of our Songs of the Week. Then when the album was announced they shared its second single, “No Joy,” also one of our Songs of the Week (at #1). Then they shared its third single, “Mother, Pray for Me,” via a music video. It was also one of our Songs of the Week.

They released their last full-length Expert in a Dying Field in 2022. Straight Line Was a Lie will also be their first release since signing to their new label ANTI-.

Expert in a Dying Field was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2022.

Read our The End interview with The Beths.

Read our interview with The Beths on Jump Rope Gazers.

Read our My Firsts interview with The Beths.

The Beths Tour Dates:

Wed. Sept. 17 - Dublin, IE @ Button Factory !
Thu. Sept. 18 - Dublin, IE @ Button Factory ! [SOLD OUT]
Sat. Sept. 20 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall !
Sun. Sept. 21 - Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 TV Studio !
Mon. Sept. 22 - Leeds, UK @ Project House !
Wed. Sept. 24 - Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy !
Thu. Sept. 25 - Birmingham, UK @ XOYO !
Fri. Sept. 26 - London, UK @ Roundhouse !
Sat. Sept. 27 - Brighton, UK @ CHALK !
Mon. Sept. 29 - Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix !
Tue. Sept. 30 - Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo !
Wed. Oct. 1 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique !
Fri. Oct. 3 - Cologne, DE @ Kantine !
Sat. Oct. 4 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso !
Sun. Oct. 5 - Hamburg, DE @ Knust !
Tue. Oct. 7 - Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan !
Wed. Oct. 8 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene !
Thu. Oct. 9 - Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset !
Sat. Oct. 11 - Berlin, DE @ Lido !
Sun. Oct. 12 - Munich, DE @ Strom !
Mon. Oct. 13 - Zurich, CH @ Plaza !
Wed. Oct. 15 - Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz 2 !
Thu. Oct. 16 - Madrid, ES @ Nazca !
Fri. Oct. 17 - Lisbon, PT @ LAV !
Thu. Oct. 30 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel*
Fri. Oct. 31 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse *
Sat. Nov 1 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl *
Mon. Nov. 3 - Dallas, TX @ The Studio At The Bomb Factory *
Tue. Nov. 4 - Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
Thu. Nov. 6 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
Fri. Nov. 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern * ^
Sat. Nov. 8 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore * [SOLD OUT]
Sun. Nov. 9 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *
Wed. Nov. 12 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades *
Fri. Nov. 14 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *
Sat. Nov. 15 - Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre *
Sun. Nov. 16 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom *
Tue. Nov. 18 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall *
Wed. Nov. 19 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *
Fri. Nov. 21 - Kansas City, MO @ The Truman *
Sat. Nov. 22 - St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre *
Sun. Nov. 23 - Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Indoor) * +
Tue. Nov 25 - Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron *
Wed. Nov. 26 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre *
Fri. Nov. 27 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall *
Fri. Nov. 28 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall * [SOLD OUT]
Sat. Nov. 29 - Montreal, QC @ Beanfield Theatre *
Mon. Dec. 1 - Boston, MA @ Royale *
Tue. Dec. 2 - Boston, MA @ Royale * [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Dec. 3 - Providence, RI @ Fete Music Hall *
Fri. Dec. 5 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount * #
Sat. Dec. 6 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer * [SOLD OUT]
Sun. Dec. 7 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
Tue. Dec. 9 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club * [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Dec. 10 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club * [SOLD OUT]

! w/ Dateline
* w/ Phoebe Rings
^ w/ Bret McKenzie
+ w/ Squirrel Flower
# w/ illuminati hotties

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