#the-beths

#the-beths

After wrapping up their recent massive tour, the Beths are itching to get back on the road; the indie-rock band just announced plans to headline the United States this summer. Check out the complete list of stops below. The Beths previously shared 2026 performance dates in Japan and New Zealand. Once those legs finish, the group will fly across the globe to bring Straight Line Was a Lie, their 2025 album, back to the States for a few festival sets and headlining concerts.

New Zealand indie rock greats The Beths are wrapping up their North American tour this week, which is in support of their terrific fourth album Straight Line Was a Lie. They stopped in NYC over the weekend for a show at Brooklyn Paramount on Saturday night. Their setlist was heavy on the new album, of course, but they made time for songs from all their albums as well as a cover of yuletide classic "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."

There is something graceful, practically effortless about how the band's contrasting elements-Elizabeth Stokes's beautifully delicate vocals, Jonathan Pearce's fuzzy, catchy riffs, Tristan Deck's driving drums, and all four members' shimmering harmonies-come together to create power pop gems that simultaneously feel modern and like they'd be topping the college rock radio charts in 1989. The level of musicianship is so high, so consistent, that four albums in, you could almost take the quality of a Beths album for granted.

The current has forgotten how it felt to break the world. Even before you know the record's backstory, her delivery imbues those languid creek waters with a sense of defeat, something deeper than just a postcard from her neighbourhood.