The Beths have announced their third studio album, ‘Expert In A Dying Field’, alongside the release of a new single titled ‘Silence Is Golden’ and Australasian tour dates.
It’s one of the Aotearoan pop-rockers’ heavier cuts, carried by propulsive, math rock-inspired drum fills and winding staccato guitars. It also sports both bass and guitar solos, the former fuzzy and slathered in distortion, and the other intentionally piercing with modulated legato slides and high-note shredding.
According to vocalist Liz Stokes, the hectic feel of the song reflects its lyrical basis. “The song is about stress and anxiety manifesting as an intolerance to noise,” she explained in a press release, “where each new sound makes you more and more stressed.”
Track listing
1 Expert in a Dying Field
2 Knees Deep
3 Silence Is Golden
4 Your Side
5 I Want to Listen
6 Head in the Clouds
7 Best Left
8 Change in the Weather
9 When You Know You Know
10 A Passing Rain
11 I Told You That I Was Afraid
12 2am