The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie [Lime Sherbet Vinyl]

Cat. no: 281313
Format: LP Indie Only Lime Sherbet Vinyl
Barcode: 8714092813135
Release Date: 29 Aug 2025
Genre: Indie

Written in Los Angeles and self- recorded in the band's hometown of Auckland, Straight Line Was A Lie (their frst release for ANTI-) follows 2022's critically celebrated LP Expert in A Dying Field. Lead singer and songwriter Liz Stokes delves deeper into her psyche to address everything from roundabout progress to physical and mental health challenges, and fraught family dynamics. Inspired by The Go-Go's, Olivia Rodrigo, flmmaker Akira Kurosawa, and Stephen King's On Writing, amongst others, Stokes' songwriting has achieved startling new depths of insight and vulnerability. 

Fans will agree that Straight Line Was A Lie is the most sharply observant, truthful, and poetic Beths project to date.

"One of the greatest indie-rock bands of their time." -Rolling Stone

Tracklisting
1. Straight Line Was A Lie
2. Mosquitoes
3. No Joy
4. Metal
5. Mother Pray For Me
6. Til My Heart Stops
7. Take
8. Roundabout
9. Ark Of The Covenant
10. Best Laid Plans