Fronted by primary songwriter Elizabeth Stokes, New Zealand indie rock group the Beths combine energized guitar riffs, melodic hooks, and harmonized backing vocals in their impulsive, distinctly self-deprecating music. Having already won fans as a live act, the band released their first album, Future Me Hates Me, in 2018. The 2021 concert album Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 featured earworms from the debut and their follow-up Jump Rope Gazers. The Beths completed their third long-player, 2022's chart-topping Expert in a Dying Field, in a Los Angeles studio while on tour. They si...