When the indie-rock quartet The Beths wrapped their recent summer run through the U.K. and Europe, vocalist-guitarist Liz Stokes was still processing what she calls a “nightmare.”

About a third of the way through the tour, after crossing from Ireland into France, the New Zealand band woke to discover their instruments had been stolen from the van.

“It was tough,” Stokes recalls, speaking from home in Auckland during a rare week off before the band heads back out for a six-week U.S. trek. “But people were so kind, they lent us gear so we could keep playing. We didn’t have to cancel any shows. Touring’s hard enough as it is, but those performances always fill your cup. They make the hard days feel worth it.”

That sense of persistence —rallying through chaos, finding light in exhaustion

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