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Of course Straight Line Was A Lie is angst-ridden. And it couldn’t sound happier.

AMM Nov 4 2025

The Beths tonight at Emo’s, with Phoebe Rings.

Auckland pop-punk outfit The Beths is owning the awesome contrast on Straight Line Was A Lie , perhaps letting in a few slivers of hope on this upbeat-sounding LP examining life’s darker realities. Imagine existential dread soaked in the sweetest riffs, sunny choruses and melodies swirling round themes of depression or detachment. Songwriter/vocalist Elizabeth Stokes makes self-awareness feel as though everything might come out okay

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