The Beths

Fronted by primary songwriter Elizabeth Stokes, New Zealand indie rock group the Beths combine energized guitar riffs, melodic hooks, and harmonized backing vocals in their impulsive, distinctly self-deprecating music. Having already won fans as a live act, the band released their first album, Future Me Hates Me, in 2018. The 2021 concert album Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 featured earworms from the debut and their follow-up Jump Rope Gazers. The Beths completed their third long-player, 2022's melancholier Expert in a Dying Field, in a Los Angeles studio while on tour. It went to number one in New Zealand and made the Top Ten of the Billboard Heatseekers chart. They signed with ANTI- in 2025 and released the conflicted and more personal Straight Line Was a Lie, which included songs that explored complicated family relationships and Stokes' suboptimal experiences on SSRIs.