The Beths Sign Deal With ANTI- And Share New Single Metal, Announce Fall World Tour

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The Beths have returned with a new single, Metal.

Combining jangly guitars and harmonious vocals, the power pop track arrives alongside news that the New Zealand-based quartet have signed a deal with ANTI-. It also marks their first new music since the release of their third album, 2022's 'Expert In A Dying Field', and the subsequent deluxe edition in 2023.

Introducing Metal, which is Influenced by touring and its impact on mental health, vocalist Elizabeth Stokes said:

"[It's] about being alive and existing in a human body. That is something I have been acutely aware of in the last few years, where I have been on what one might call a ‘health journey’. For parts of the last few years, I kind of felt like my body was a vehicle that had carried me pretty well thus far but was breaking down, something I had little to no control over. All of the steps in the Rube Goldberg machine of life are so unlikely, and yet here we are in it. I have a hunger and a curiosity for learning about the world around me, and for learning about myself. And despite all the ways that my body feels like a broken machine, I still marvel at the complexity of such a machine.

"I can hold that knowledge in one hand, and yet with the other hand I can point to my reflection and just be like ‘you are shit’. Or ‘ugly’. Or ‘worthless’. I can reliably respond to any suggestion that I might be able to achieve any small thing with ‘no’. And these are variations of the ‘short word’ referenced in the song."

On the recording sessions, she added: "There was a propulsion to the acoustic strumming pattern on the original demo. Tristan’s drums meet that feeling so perfectly, the feeling of a train pushing up the tracks. Jonathan got to play his Burns 12-string guitar as sparkly as he wanted, and Ben as usual can’t be contained to the lower register. I think we ended up with an arrangement that embodies the frenetic intricacy of an engine in action. There’s a lot going on, until there isn’t."

Alongside the new music, The Beths have announced tour dates across the UK, Europe and North America for later in the year. The world tour will kick off with the UK and Ireland leg, featuring their biggest London headline show to date at the Roundhouse on September 26, before gigs in Europe that run from September 29 to October 17.

They'll then tour North America between October 30 and December 9, with support from Phoebe Rings, Bret McKenzie, Squirrel Flower and Illuminati Hotties on select dates. Tickets for all shows go on general sale at 10am local time on Friday (May 2).

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The Beths Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows

Thu September 18 2025 - DUBLIN Button Factory
Sat September 20 2025 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Sun September 21 2025 - GLASGOW SWG3 TV Studio
Mon September 22 2025 - LEEDS Project House
Wed September 24 2025 - BRISTOL O2 Academy Bristol
Thu September 25 2025 - BIRMINGHAM XOYO
Fri September 26 2025 - LONDON Roundhouse
Sat September 27 2025 - BRIGHTON Chalk

Mon September 29 2025 - TOURCOING Le Grand Mix (France)
Tue September 30 2025 - PARIS Le Trabendo (France)
Wed October 01 2025 - BRUSSELS Botanique (Belgium)
Fri October 03 2025 - COLOGNE Kantine (Germany)
Sat October 04 2025 - AMSTERDAM Paradiso (Netherlands)
Sun October 05 2025 - HAMBURG Krust (Germany)
Tue October 07 2025 - STOCKHOLM Slaktkyrkan (Sweden)
Wed October 08 2025 - OSLO Parkteatret Scene (Norway)
Thu October 09 2025 - COPENHAGEN Pumpehuset (Denmark)
Sat October 11 2025 - BERLIN Lido (Germany)
Sun October 12 2025 - MUNICH Strom (Germany)
Mon October 13 2025 - ZURICH Plaza (Switzerland)
Wed October 15 2025 - BARCELONA Razzmatazz 2 (Spain)
Thu October 16 2025 - MADRID Nazca (Spain)
Fri October 17 2025 - LISBON LAV (Portugal)

Thu October 30 2025 - ASHEVILLE North Carolina - Orange Peel (USA)
Fri October 31 2025 - ATLANTA Georgia - Variety Playhouse (USA)
Sat November 01 2025 - NASHVILLE Tennessee - Brooklyn Bowl Nashville (USA)
Mon November 03 2025 - DALLAS Texas - Studio at Bomb Factory - Complex (USA)
Tue November 04 2025 - AUSTIN Texas - Emos Austin (USA)
Thu November 06 2025 - PHOENIX Arizona - Van Buren (USA)
Fri November 07 2025 - LOS ANGELES California - Wiltern Theatre (USA)
Sat November 08 2025 - SAN FRANCISCO California - Fillmore San Francisco (USA)
Wed November 12 2025 - SACRAMENTO California - Ace of Spades (USA)
Fri November 14 2025 - PORTLAND Oregon - Mcmenamins Crystal Ballroom (USA)
Sat November 15 2025 - SEATTLE Washington - Moore Theatre (USA)
Sun November 16 2025 - VANCOUVER British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom (Canada)
Tue November 18 2025 - SALT LAKE CITY Utah - Metro Music Hall Salt Lake City (USA)
Wed November 19 2025 - DENVER Colorado - Ogden Theatre (USA)
Fri November 21 2025 - KANSAS CITY Missouri - Truman (USA)
Sat November 22 2025 - SAINT PAUL Minnesota - Palace Theatre Saint Paul (USA)
Sun November 23 2025 - CHICAGO Illinois - Salt Shed - Complex (USA)
Tue November 25 2025 - CLEVELAND Ohio - Globe Iron (USA)
Wed November 26 2025 - MCKEES ROCKS Pennsylvania - Roxian Theatre (USA)
Fri November 28 2025 - TORONTO - Danforth Music Hall Theatre (Canada)
Sat November 29 2025 - MONTREAL - Beanfield Theatre (USA)
Tue December 02 2025 - BOSTON Massachusetts - Royale Boston (USA)
Wed December 03 2025 - PROVIDENCE Rhode Island - Fete Music Hall (USA)
Fri December 05 2025 - BROOKLYN New York - LIU Brooklyn Paramount Theatre (USA)
Sat December 06 2025 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Union Transfer (USA)
Tue December 09 2025 - WASHINGTON District of Columbia - 930 Club at The Atlantis Complex (USA)

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