The Beths have introduced their fourth studio album, Straight Line Was a Lie, out August twenty ninth. As a preview, the indie rockers have additionally revealed their new track, “No Pleasure,” and its accompanying video. Stream it under.
Straight Line Was a Lie is the band’s first studio album since 2022’s Knowledgeable in a Dying Area, and their first on new label, ANTI-. The band cites “existential vertigo” because the album’s major theme, together with the concept that going by transformative experiences doesn’t all the time outcome within the desired impact.
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“Linear development is an phantasm,” vocalist Elizabeth Stokes mentioned in a press assertion. “What life actually is is upkeep. However you’ll find which means within the upkeep.”
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On that be aware, “No Pleasure” delves into Stokes’ psychological well being journey. “It’s about anhedonia, which, paradoxically, was there each within the worst elements of despair, after which additionally once I was feeling fairly numb on my SSRI,” she mentioned. “It wasn’t that I used to be unhappy, I used to be feeling fairly good. It was simply that I didn’t just like the issues that I favored. I wasn’t getting pleasure from them. It’s very literal.”
Watch the Frances Carter-directed video for “No Pleasure” under.
The quartet just lately added a handful of recent dates to their intensive 2025 tour, with further reveals in cities together with Dublin, San Francisco, Toronto, and Boston. See the complete itinerary under, and get tickets right here.
“Steel,” the primary single from Straight Line Is a Lie, was launched in April. Pre-orders for the album are ongoing.
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<p><strong><em>Straight Line Was a Lie</em> Tracklist:</strong><br />01. Mosquitoes<br />02. No Pleasure<br />03. Steel<br />04. Mom, Pray for Me<br />05. Til My Coronary heart Stops<br />06. Take<br />07. Roundabout<br />08. Ark of the Covenant<br />09. Greatest Laid Plans</p>
<p><strong>The Beths 2025 Tour Dates:</strong><br /><strong>09/17 — Dublin, IE @ Button Manufacturing facility</strong><br />09/18 — Dublin, IE @ Button Manufacturing facility<br />09/20 — Manchester, UK @ Albert Corridor<br />09/21 — Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 TV Studio<br />09/22 — Leeds, UK @ Venture Home<br />09/24 — Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy<br />09/25 — Birmingham, UK @ XOYO<br />09/26 — London, UK @ Roundhouse<br />09/27 — Brighton, UK @ CHALK<br />09/29 — Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Combine<br />09/30 — Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo<br />10/01 — Brussels, BE @ Botanique<br />10/03 — Cologne, DE @ Kantine<br />10/04 — Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso<br />10/05 — Hamburg, DE @ Knust<br />10/07 — Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan<br />10/08 — Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene<br />10/09 — Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset<br />10/11 — Berlin, DE @ Lido<br />10/12 — Munich, DE @ Strom<br />10/13 — Zurich, CH @ Plaza<br />10/15 — Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz 2<br />10/16 — Madrid, ES @ Nazca<br />10/17 — Lisbon, PT @ LAV<br />10/30 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *<br />10/31 — Atlanta, GA @ Selection Playhouse *<br />11/01 — Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl *<br />11/03 — Dallas, TX @ The Studio At The Bomb Manufacturing facility *<br />11/04 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s *<br />11/06 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *<br />11/07 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern * ^<br />11/08 — San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *<br /><strong>11/09 — San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *</strong><br />11/12 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades *<br />11/14 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *<br />11/15 — Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre *<br />11/16 — Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom *<br />11/18 — Salt Lake Metropolis, UT @ Metro Music Corridor *<br />11/19 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *<br />11/21 — Kansas Metropolis, MO @ The Truman *<br />11/22 — St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre *<br />11/23 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Indoor) *+<br />11/25 — Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron *<br />11/26 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre *<br /><strong>11/27 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Corridor *</strong><br />11/28 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Corridor *<br />11/29 — Montreal, QC @ Beanfield Theatre *<br /><strong>12/01 — Boston, MA @ Royale *</strong><br />12/02 — Boston, MA @ Royale *<br />12/03 — Windfall, RI @ Fete Music Corridor *<br />12/05 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *#<br />12/06 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Switch *<br />12/07 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Switch *<br />12/09 — Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Membership *<br />12/10 — Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Membership *</p>
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