‘Cause my fight and my flight are dividedĪnd I wait for the news with my feet in my shoes
The final verse of that opening song is such a perfect bit of jaggedly poetic young adult angst that I can’t help but quote the whole thing. Pearce gets another excited scream for his barely controlled guitar solo between the second and third verses, and we’re basically in indie pop heaven. It rocks, and (something that’s important to me, apparently) the lyrics are clever, incisive and meaningful.Īfter a brief bit of crowd noise, Stokes says “Hello” and opens with the urgent guitar riff of “I’m Not Getting Excited” that elicits excited screams from the crowd, and we’re off and running. They put together a documentary video of the tour and released this CD from that final show. The Beths toured Aotearoa New Zealand in October 2020 and wrapped it up in early November in a packed Auckland Town Hall. New Zealand did better than most places in the world at controlling the pandemic and was able to return to live events by the end of 2020. Their 2018 debut Future Me Hates Me hit big and they were just coming off an extensive northern hemisphere tour and preparing to release their sophomore disc Jump Rope Gazers when the Covid lockdown hit in March 2020. The band got together when all were at university studying jazz. The Beths is Elizabeth Stokes on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Jonathan Pearce on lead guitar, Benjamin Sinclair on bass and Tristan Deck on drums and percussion, and the latter three all contribute vocals, especially harmonies behind Stokes. I’m surely influenced by my absolute love of New Zealand and its people, stemming from a short visit there a few years ago. And who better right now to provide the catharsis of rock and roll than Auckland, New Zealand’s The Beths? I’m late to the The Beths bandwagon, but I find this live album to be a great introduction to them. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I still need it.
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