The Beths
Schedule
Thu Aug 11 2022 at 08:00 pm
Location
Grog Shop | Cleveland, OH
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The Beths return with A Real Thing, their first new song since the release of 2020s Jump Rope Gazers. A Real Thing comes as The Beths begin their long-awaited North American headline tour, which has been rescheduled twice due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Last year, the band released Auckland, New Zealand, 2020, a live concert recording that showcased the infectious energy The Beths bring to every performance, and what audiences have been so dearly missing.A Real Thing is a kind of anxiety dream. Its a bit muddled, a bit frantic, a bit sinister, says lead singer Liz Stokes. Its what came out of my guitar in late 2020, post NZ election (and U.S. election). I was limply reaching for optimism about the future, but was really just marinating in dread. Ultimately playing more apocalyptic scenarios of climate change in her head, Stokes lyrics include specific references to how New Zealand has dealt with sea level rise in the past: In NZ people sometimes use tyres and cement to build retaining walls by the water, to try to stop the land being eroded away as the sea encroaches. It doesnt really work. Its a poignant image for a band that has had to navigate the constant changes in our present moment.The deep bond between Stokes, lead guitarist Jonathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair, and drummer Tristan Deck, has allowed them to overcome challenging circumstances and thats present in the upbeat urgency of A Real Thing. Its palpable from the very start and paired with the bands signature bright, raucous guitar hooks and cooing harmonies; the song races and soars, much like an increasing heart rate. The Beths infectious and insightful songwriting on A Real Thing is an exciting marker of more excellent work to come, and the perfect way to mark the beginning of tour.Rosie TuckerNow comes the third album from Rosie Tucker, Sucker Supreme.Its a coming of age album, yes, and an album that aches with self-discovery, self-definition, and self-redefinition: Nothing is simple just cause you wish that it is. I cant believe Ill die before becoming a frog. Wolfing down Doritos, lickin on my fingers, anger on my tongue, Doritos in my anger! Wouldnt we be perfect together if we wanted exactly the same thing? But Sucker Supreme, Tuckers first album for Epitaph, is also just the right follow-up to where their last album, 2019s Never Not Never Not Never Not, left off: still playfully observed, still sneakily political, still indebted to folk singers of the past but also much, much bigger, brighter, louder and noisier than anything Tucker has dared before. It delivers mightily on an ambitious M.O.: to be relentlessly catchy and muscular and noisy but also beautiful; be achingly sad and searching, but never too far away from funny, either; and to spotlight Tuckers empathetic, yearning vocals on top of it all.Sale Dates and Times:
Public Onsale : Wed, 4 May 2022 at 10:00 AM
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Where is it happening?
Grog Shop, 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
