“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” is, of course, the saddest Christmas song ever. If there was justice in the world, Stokes would already be getting tired of her high class toys and all her presents from her uptown boys. At the time all of my friend’s were going through weird shit so it was also building on their experiences as well.” It’s kinda that, it’s what that song is about. It’s very flawed logic but it seems to make sense at the time. And while the Beths haven’t managed to dent the mainstream pop charts yet, it would be hard to argue that it’s any fault of their songcraft.Įlizabeth Stokes told Under the Radar that “Uptown Girl” is “basically about self-destructive behavior, when you’re angry at someone or you feel like somebody’s wronged you and your mode of revenge is to fuck yourself up. The Beths have released almost as many singles from their album Future Me Hates Me as old BJ released from his.
This is not a cover of the 1983 Billy Joel classic off An Innocent Man, but that’s okay. Beths Carpark Videosįrom Future Me Hates Me, out now on Carpark. The Beths: bandcamp, twitter, amazon, apple, spotify, wiki. I guess “I’m moving to New Zealand” is the new “I’m moving to Canada.”Īt least maybe then we would get to hang out with the Beths. Apparently, I’m not alone: 80,000 Americans expressed interest in relocating in May. It sure would be fun to see a show at a club, wouldn’t it?ĭon’t you wish you lived in New Zealand right now, where they have effectively beat this fucking coronavirus? I do. Can’t remember what my lame excuse was for not going, but I can guarantee it was stupid. I’m still regretting not going to see the Beths when they played a tiny venue in my town last year. The hooks are more subtle, but they’re in there. Not as immediately catchy as the singles from 2018’a Future Me Hates Me, the latest from the New Zealand’s finest takes a while to sink in. From Jump Rope Gazers, out now via Carpark.
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