There's 3 or 4 songs with good quiet stretches... i would not change a damn thing about this record!
― maffew12, Friday, 15 March 2019 02:18 (five years ago) link
I'm not going to go, but they're playing at my local barn/venue this summer.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 15 March 2019 02:25 (five years ago) link
why aren't you going to go
― alpine static, Friday, 15 March 2019 07:01 (five years ago) link
This kind of music just doesn't do it for me. But I heard a track on college radio (which still plays mostly indie rock apparently!) and it sounded good, especially in comparison to the songs around it.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 15 March 2019 12:39 (five years ago) link
yesss they're touring the US and Canada again this summer, bless them
― Simon H., Monday, 25 March 2019 19:51 (five years ago) link
and playing some new stuff, they say! here's hoping they don't Charly Bliss it up. (jk, jk)
― alpine static, Monday, 25 March 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
Just picked up the Warm Blood EP which has been reissued on vinyl. I've never listened to it before so I'm really excited to have four new (to me) Beths songs in my life.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
kinda hoping "Rush Hour 3" reappears on their setlists for the summer tour
― Simon H., Wednesday, 1 May 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
I think "Rush Hour 3" was the only song from the Warm Blood EP which they didn't play when they came through town in February.
― enochroot, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
Girl Friday are opening for them on this next tour and goddamn do they sound great
https://youtu.be/q2j4jD2kDA0
― Simon H., Thursday, 23 May 2019 11:25 (four years ago) link
Just saw them at the Independent with Girl Friday and Ariel View. Ariel View was incredibly tight and tried (with limited success) to get a San Francisco crowd to get a mosh pit going. Girl Friday was pretty good, but not really my cup of tea. The Beths were great. They played a couple new songs which sounded great, and all of their faves. I enjoyed the NZ-accented patter as well. Although I gotta say Ariel View has SO much energy that they kinda overshadowed the next two bands! Also, the level of normcore “fashion” happening on stage was out of control. My wife said it looked like the nineties threw up on the eighties.
― DJI, Saturday, 27 July 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
I haven’t heard Ariel View! I will check them out
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 27 July 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
I caught this tour in TO and the crowd got so unexpectedly rowdy. I'm staying in Vancouver rn and might actually catch them again!
― Simon H., Saturday, 27 July 2019 18:54 (four years ago) link
I saw this tour a few days ago ... Aerial View got an A for effort, but they were clearly a couple levels down from Girl Friday, who were a couple levels down from The Beths. Promising, though! Aerial View, I mean. They were fun, there was just a noticeable jump in quality/consistency/performance/everything from the first band to the second.
Girl Friday I was really impressed with. Cool sound, good presence.
The Beths, of course ... well, they're one of the best pop-rock bands going. They've got it all dialed in. The two new ones they played sounded awesome. (They must be so so so sick of playing those same dozen-ish songs they've been playing every night for the past 18 months.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
My friend who went to that SF show also said Ariel View were great, but also made him feel old due to them looking pre-teen to him lol
Said they did a decent Strokes cover
― octobeard, Thursday, 1 August 2019 04:39 (four years ago) link
yeah, one of 'em legit looks like she's in middle school
― alpine static, Thursday, 1 August 2019 06:47 (four years ago) link
Ahhhh their Vancouver show tonight was amazing. The openers were good too.. give Arial Friday a few years and the right producer and I could picture them cranking out a good record
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 1 August 2019 07:14 (four years ago) link
Understandably, the band just announced their upcoming tour has been postponed. In happier news, they also said the second album is finished and they'll be in touch soon. I really needed that small bit of good news today.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 21 March 2020 03:09 (four years ago) link
new album Jump Rope Gazer out July 10
there's also this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxQOyV7mji0
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 03:25 (four years ago) link
nice! love that they start with the theme from animal crossing
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 05:10 (four years ago) link
a great version of "whatever" - i much prefer it to the version on the album, i think because i don't think the production on the album suits it
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 05:12 (four years ago) link
don't LIKE the production on the album version
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 05:13 (four years ago) link
oh my god this is EXACTLY the news I needed to hear today
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 06:37 (four years ago) link
new single owns
― megan thee macallan 18 year (||||||||), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 10:01 (four years ago) link
I'm way past the age where I get stoked for new releases, but I'm giddy about this one.
― enochroot, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 12:30 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkzI93Aqztk
― megan thee macallan 18 year (||||||||), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 13:09 (four years ago) link
oh my god "Dying to Believe" rules and is exactly what I needed this morning
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 13:14 (four years ago) link
Perfect new single. I love this band!
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:38 (four years ago) link
they did a little online thing from their house yesterday in case anyone cares that may've missed. it's of course charming afhttp://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+beths&page=&utm_source=opensearch
― medicate for all (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
god this is so good. their drummer is probably my favorite in the world.
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
i think he might be their 3rd (4th?) drummer since the debut! but yeah, i always like their drumming. also lol at the drumkit evolving through that video
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
i think it's the same guy who was in the band when i saw them last year--always so cool and deadpan in the upper body but such active hands.
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:02 (four years ago) link
like the songvideo is perfect for the guitarist who had major "1980s guitar instructional VHS tape" video vibes
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
Yeah, that drummer is a live powerhouse in a way that the recordings don't convey.
― enochroot, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
great new power song! one of my fave 3 bands these days. together with low and girl ray.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 11 April 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
yeah, this new song rules!and yeah, "power" is right. i don't know why i didn't think of the debut as a power pop album, but that describes most of my favorite moments from it
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 11 April 2020 19:44 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvYrJxNwW5I&
― Number None, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
That room she's playing in looks like the same room where they recorded the quarantine livestream (i.e. her living room). I wonder if that means they did this video in the last 2 months, which is why all the band members are filmed separately.
― enochroot, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
Love the new song, btw.
― enochroot, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
xpost that's what it means ... somewhere she said they all filmed their own parts and sent them to whoever made the video (and those folks did the animations)
― alpine static, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 23:12 (three years ago) link
they rule hard.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 25 May 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
the bethst!
― maffew12, Monday, 25 May 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
More of the same. And it's great news.
― nostormo, Monday, 25 May 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
Best Power Pop mysic since New Pornographers early years
― nostormo, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:57 (three years ago) link
I'd throw Exploding Hearts in there too
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 17:00 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaoCF5cVj2g
new single is really special
― ufo, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 13:15 (three years ago) link
they get the melancholy jangle/powerpop blend perfect and the breakdown is perfect
― ufo, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 13:24 (three years ago) link
I don't know if they're the best rock band in te world but they're definitely among the very most adorable
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 13:26 (three years ago) link
i'll give them "best power-pop band in the world" at least
― ufo, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
they've also done two more live streams since the first, another acoustic duo stream like the first and a full-band live in studio session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmZidynMHE8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnInD287geo
― ufo, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 13:32 (three years ago) link