Self-deprecating power-pop is the Beths' specialty — and on their third album, the New Zealand group knew not to mess with perfection. 'We've just completely leaned into what we think the Beths is.'
Reflecting on that time, Stokes gets quiet. “I was scared that people would be bummed out because it’s not really the same,” she says. “But it was something different, and maybe that’s OK.” Pearce steps in and supports his partner: “I think you’re slightly understating just how big a feat it was for you, and how brave it was. I’m just wowed by your ability to just step up and do it. You did such a great job.
THE TITLE TRACK opens the album, kicking off with a fuzzy riff that sounds like an electric current too powerful for its conductor. The chorus is whimsical and relatable for people pursuing many careers besides indie-pop, but the meaning of the song cuts deeper, as Stokes ruminates on past relationships. “I can close the door on us,” she sings in the first verse, “But the room still exists/And I know you’re in it.
“When you’re young, you have all these friendships and family and romantic relationships,” Stokes says. “You get older, and people move away or you lose touch because you’re busy. You feel the sense of loss for the relationships that you used to have, and the friendships that are different now, or maybe people are gone. There is a grieving for things that have changed.”
But because this is a Beths song, that grieving is masked by pure adrenaline, making it almost certainly a classic that will be sung by future generations at Beths concerts to come. And if there’s one thing the pandemic taught them, it’s that each member can’t do it alone. “I’m useless at playing by myself,” Pearce says, turning to face Stokes. “In the post-apocalyptic future where we have to play for our dinner, I’m going to need you to sing the songs, because otherwise, I’ll starve playing my one-note guitar solos for nobody.” Stokes smiles: “You’ll want to bring that penny whistle.”
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