The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie

The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie 

ANTI - Records

Clean Slate Clear Vinyl

The Beths, fourth studio album, Straight Line Was A Lie — a catchy, instant classic.

Straight Line Was A Lie is the first new music the New Zealand indie rockers have released since their 2022 album, Expert In A Dying Field, and their first release on their new label ANTI-.

Following the success of Expert In A Dying Field, The Beths collected the coveted Te Tino Pukaemi o te Tau | Album of the Year and Te Tino Kāhui Manu Taki o te Tau | Best Group at the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards.

The new album was written in Los Angeles and recorded in The Beths' studio in Auckland — a space where the band can create their signature sound.

When writing Straight Line Was A Lie, Elizabeth Stokes and Jonathan Pearce broke down their typical writing process. Stokes’ intentional deconstruction and rebuilding of her songwriting process has resulted in a complete renewal. Her writing has achieved startling new depths of insight and vulnerability, making Straight Line Was A Lie The Beths most sharply observant, poetic and truthful release to date.

‘One of the greatest indie-rock bands of their time.’

— Rolling Stone

Tracklist

1. Straight Line Was A Lie
2. Mosquitoes
   
3. No Joy
   
4. Metal 
   
5. Mother, Pray For Me 
   
6. Til My Heart Stops
   
7. Take
   
8. Roundabout
   
9. Ark Of The Covenant
   
10. Best Laid Plans