The Beths

yesss they're touring the US and Canada again this summer, bless them

and playing some new stuff, they say! here's hoping they don't Charly Bliss it up. (jk, jk)

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.

kinda hoping "Rush Hour 3" reappears on their setlists for the summer tour

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.

Girl Friday are opening for them on this next tour and goddamn do they sound great

https://youtu.be/q2j4jD2kDA0

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.

I haven’t heard Ariel View! I will check them out

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!

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.

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

yeah, one of 'em legit looks like she's in middle school

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

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.

new album Jump Rope Gazer out July 10

there's also this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxQOyV7mji0

nice! love that they start with the theme from animal crossing

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

don't LIKE the production on the album version

oh my god this is EXACTLY the news I needed to hear today

new single owns

I'm way past the age where I get stoked for new releases, but I'm giddy about this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkzI93Aqztk

oh my god "Dying to Believe" rules and is exactly what I needed this morning

Perfect new single. I love this band!

they did a little online thing from their house yesterday in case anyone cares that may've missed. it's of course charming af
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+beths&page=&utm_source=opensearch

god this is so good. their drummer is probably my favorite in the world.

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

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.

like the song
video is perfect for the guitarist who had major "1980s guitar instructional VHS tape" video vibes

Yeah, that drummer is a live powerhouse in a way that the recordings don't convey.

great new power song! one of my fave 3 bands these days. together with low and girl ray.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvYrJxNwW5I&

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.

Love the new song, btw.

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)

they rule hard.

the bethst!

More of the same. And it's great news.

Best Power Pop mysic since New Pornographers early years

I'd throw Exploding Hearts in there too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaoCF5cVj2g

new single is really special

they get the melancholy jangle/powerpop blend perfect and the breakdown is perfect

I don't know if they're the best rock band in te world but they're definitely among the very most adorable

i'll give them "best power-pop band in the world" at least

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

Best power pop band working today for sure.

New stuff is basically the debut part 2 and i have no problem with that

tbh i'd be thrilled if they could keep cranking out that debut album for the next 10 years. evolution is overrated.

Agreed

bands like this tend to have a short shelf life, gotta treasure it while you can