Reliably good Auckland indie rockers the Beths have introduced a brand new album. Straight Line Was A Lie, their follow-up to Knowledgeable In A Dying Discipline (one of many Finest Albums Of 2022), arrives in August through their new label house ANTI-. It’ll embrace final month’s jangly single “Steel,” in addition to right now’s new one, which is named “No Pleasure.”
Beths vocalist Liz Stokes wraps up the importance of the album’s title in a press launch, writing: “Linear development is an phantasm. What life actually is is upkeep. However you will discover that means within the upkeep.” She started writing Straight Line Was A Lie — or a minimum of started attempting to — after she began taking SSRIs, which made her day-to-day life a bit extra tolerable however added an additional hurdle to songwriting.
Stokes will get proper to that time on “No Pleasure,” which envelops these traditional Beths hooks with a lo-fi garage-y grit. “All my pleasures: responsible/ Clear slate trying filthy,” she confesses within the opening strains, sounding far more irritated than depressed. Watch Frances Carter’s video for “No Pleasure” and see the total album tracklist beneath.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Straight Line Was A Lie”
02 “Mosquitoes”
03 “No Pleasure”
04 “Steel”
05 “Mom, Pray For Me”
06 “Til My Coronary heart Stops”
07 “Take”
08 “Roundabout”
09 “Ark Of The Covenant”
10 “Finest Laid Plans”
Straight Line Was A Lie is out 8/29 through ANTI-. Pre-order it right here.
