The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers

Carpark Records

£21.58

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: CAK143LPC
Barcode: 0677517114317
Release Date: 06 May 2022
Genre: Alternative/Indie

2022 CLEAR VINYL REPRESS.

4/5 REVIEW IN MOJO : ''NO WHEELS WERE REINVENTED IN THE MAKING OF THIS RECORD, BUT IT TRAVELS STRAIGHT TO THE HEART... BENEATH THE SURFACE OF CUTENESS LIES A RESERVOIR OF CRAFT'
CONFIRMED AS 6 MUSIC ALBUM OF THE DAY FOR JULY 22nd.

'Ferociously joyful, hook-laden sophomore album..'
The Beths - Loud and Quiet - The top 14 Albums of the Month - 31st July 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/10/the-beths-how-new-zealands-favourite-pop-rock-group-made-self-doubt-their-brand 'New Zealand's favourite pop-rock group'
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'Emo, pop-punk and ’90s grunge influences around a seemingly endless supply of hooks' – 8/10 Loud and Quiet

Everything changed for The Beths when they released their above mentioned debut album, Future Me Hates Me, in 2018. The indie rock band had long been nurtured within Auckland, New Zealand’s tight-knit music scene, working full-time during the day and playing music with friends after hours. Full of uptempo pop rock songs with bright, indelible hooks, the LP garnered them critical acclaim from outlets like Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, and they set out for their first string of shows overseas. They quit their jobs, said goodbye to their home town, and devoted themselves entirely to performing across North America and Europe. They found themselves playing to crowds of devoted fans and opening for acts like Pixies and Death Cab for Cutie. Almost instantly, The Beths turned from a passion project into a full-time career in music.
Songwriter and lead vocalist Elizabeth Stokes worked on what would become The Beths’ second LP, Jump Rope Gazers, in between these intense periods of touring. Like the group’s earlier music, the album tackles themes of anxiety and self-doubt with effervescent power pop choruses and rousing backup vocals, zeroing in on the communality and catharsis that can come from sharing stressful situations with some of your best friends. Stokes’s writing on Jump Rope Gazers grapples with the uneasy proposition of leaving everything and everyone you know behind on another continent, chasing your dreams while struggling to stay close with loved ones back home.

Tracklisting
1. I'm Not Getting Excited
2. Dying to Believe
3. Jump Rope Gazers
4. Acrid
5. Do You Want Me Now
6. Out of Sight
7. Don't Go Away
8. Mars, the God of War
9. You Are a Beam of Light
10. Just Shy of Sure