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The Beths Sign to ANTI-
Monday, April 28th, 2025

The Beths Sign to ANTI-

The Beths — the New Zealand-based quartet of vocalist Elizabeth Stokes, guitarist Jonathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair, and drummer Tristan Deck — announce signing to ANTI- and release the new single/video, “Metal.” “Metal” is the first taste of new music from the band since the release of 2023’s Expert In A Dying Field (Deluxe), the expanded version of their beloved 2022 album.  

Following Liz Stokes’s recent, sold–out solo show at Largo in Los Angeles with special guests Courtney Barnett and Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords), The Beths announce a world tour across North America, the UK and Europe this fall. The band returns to the U.S. for the first time since playing Coachella, Bonnaroo and Newport Folk Festival, and supporting The National, Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service in 2023-2024. They’ll headline some of their biggest venues to date including The Wiltern in Los Angeles, The Fillmore in San Francisco, The Salt Shed in Chicago, Brooklyn Paramount in New York City, Union Transfer in Philadelphia, 9:30 Club in Washington, DC and more. Tickets go on sale Fri. May 2 at 10am local and are available here.  

Today’s single “Metal” was born out of a time of rigorous touring, mental health struggles, and several diagnoses for Stokes. “In some ways ‘Metal’ is a song about being alive and existing in a human body,” she explains. “That is something I have been acutely aware of in the last few years, where I have been on what one might call a ‘health journey’. For parts of the last few years, I kind of felt like my body was a vehicle that had carried me pretty well thus far but was breaking down, something I had little to no control over. All of the steps in the Rube Goldberg machine of life are so unlikely, and yet here we are in it. I have a hunger and a curiosity for learning about the world around me, and for learning about myself. And despite all the ways that my body feels like a broken machine, I still marvel at the complexity of such a machine.” 

“I can hold that knowledge in one hand, and yet with the other hand I can point to my reflection and just be like ‘you are shit’. Or ‘ugly’. Or ‘worthless’. I can reliably respond to any suggestion that I might be able to achieve any small thing with ‘no’. And these are variations of the ‘short word’ referenced in the song.” 

Sonically, the track sees The Beths fully embracing jangle rock. Stokes says, “There was a propulsion to the acoustic strumming pattern on the original demo. Tristan’s drums meet that feeling so perfectly, the feeling of a train pushing up the tracks. Jonathan got to play his Burns 12 string guitar as sparkly as he wanted, and Ben as usual can’t be contained to the lower register. I think we ended up with an arrangement that embodies the frenetic intricacy of an engine in action. There’s a lot going on, until there isn’t.”  

2023’s Expert In A Dying Field (Deluxe) expanded upon the brilliance of The Beths’ acclaimed 2022 album, “another collection of tunes that cements their status as one of the great guitar-pop bands of this present moment” (Stereogum). The third studio album from The Beths, Expert In A Dying Field was released to a wealth of critical praise, and was named one of 2022’s best releases by the likes of Pitchfork, The Ringer, Stereogum and more. Surrounding its release, The Beths were profiled by Rolling Stone, made their U.S. television debut on CBS Saturday Morning, and performed a NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert,  The Beths are undeniably one of the most exciting indie rock bands to emerge in recent memory. 

The Beths Tour Dates

Thu. Sept. 18 - Dublin, IE @ Button Factory 

Sat. Sept. 20 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall 

Sun. Sept. 21 - Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 TV Studio 

Mon. Sept. 22 - Leeds, UK @ Project House 

Wed. Sept. 24 - Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy 

Thu. Sept. 25 - Birmingham, UK @ XOYO 

Fri. Sept. 26 - London, UK @ Roundhouse 

Sat. Sept. 27 - Brighton, UK @ CHALK 

Mon. Sept. 29 - Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix 

Tue. Sept. 30 - Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo 

Wed. Oct. 1 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique 

Fri. Oct. 3 - Cologne, DE @ Kantine 

Sat. Oct. 4 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso 

Sun. Oct. 5 - Hamburg, DE @ Krust 

Tue. Oct. 7 - Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan 

Wed. Oct. 8 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene 

Thu. Oct. 9 - Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset 

Sat. Oct. 11 - Berlin, DE @ Lido 

Sun. Oct. 12 - Munich, DE @ Strom 

Mon. Oct. 13 - Zurich, CH @ Plaza 

Wed. Oct. 15 - Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz 2 

Thu. Oct. 16 - Madrid, ES @ Nazca 

Fri. Oct. 17 - Lisbon, PT @ LAV 

Thu. Oct. 30  - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel* 

Fri. Oct. 31 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse * 

Sat. Nov 1 -  Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl * 

Mon. Nov. 3 - Dallas, TX @ The Studio At The Bomb Factory * 

Tue. Nov. 4 - Austin, TX @ Emo's * 

Thu. Nov. 6 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren * 

Fri. Nov. 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern * ^ 

Sat. Nov. 8 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore  * 

Wed. Nov. 12 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades * 

Fri. Nov. 14 -  Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom * 

Sat. Nov. 15 - Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre * 

Sun. Nov. 16 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom * 

Tue. Nov. 18 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall * 

Wed. Nov. 19 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre * 

Fri. Nov. 21 - Kansas City, MO @ The Truman * 

Sat. Nov. 22 - St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre * 

Sun. Nov. 23 - Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Indoor) * + 

Tue. Nov 25 - Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron * 

Wed. Nov. 26 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre * 

Fri. Nov. 28 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall  * 

Sat. Nov. 29 - Montreal, QC @ Beanfield Theatre * 

Tue. Dec. 2 - Boston, MA @ Royale * 

Wed. Dec. 3 - Providence, RI @ Fete Music Hall * 

Fri. Dec. 5 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount * # 

Sat. Dec. 6 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer * 

Tue. Dec. 9 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club *  

 

* w/ Phoebe Rings  

^ w/ Bret McKenzie 

+ w/ Squirrel Flower 

# w/ illuminati hotties 

 

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