Name: Future Me Hates Me
Brand: The Beths

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CS-CAK-128

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Format Music US

Tape

Limited edition

Release date

2022-03-04

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Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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677517112818

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677517012804

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Artist

The Beths

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Carpark

<a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/gabe-gurnsey-physical">Rough Trade Exclusive. Double 140 Gram Clear Vinyl with printed inner sleeves, Download and Bonus CD.</a>

Manchester-based Gabe Gurnsey is a producer, remixer and the drums and electronics for Factory Floor which he founded in 2005. Now he has released his first solo record where he takes full command of the drums, electronics, guitar and all the male vocals on the album.

Hot juddering rhythms tremor and shake throughout the record, whilst phasing synths morph and flow. The pulsating and throbbing background provides the perfect setting for the distorted voices to demand the listeners full attention. Like a soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic disco. Infectious yet emotionless in sound. Mined from an industrial world hooked on beats and dance joy, where androids dream of an exotic humanity they hardly knew.

The debut album is on Erol Alkan's Phantasy Sound label.

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Albums of the Month - August 2018

New Zealand born band The Beths debut album Future Me Hates Me via Carpark Records

The Beths from New Zealand occupy a warm, energetic sonic space between joyful hooks, sun-soaked harmonies, and acerbic lyrics. Their debut album Future Me Hates Me on Carpark Records, delivers an astonishment of roadtrip-ready pleasures, each song hitting your ears with an exhilarating endorphin rush like the first time you heard The Breeders / Jale / Veruca Salt..

Front and center on these ten infectious tracks is lead singer and primary songwriter Elizabeth Stokes. Stokes has previously worked in other genres within Auckland’s rich and varied music scene, recently playing in a folk outfit, but it was in exploring the angst-ridden sounds of her youth that she found her place. From the irresistible title track to future singles Happy Unhappy and You Wouldn’t Like Me, Stokes commands a vocal range that spans from the brash confidence of Joan Jett to the disarming vulnerability of Jenny Lewis.

Beths guitarist and studio guru Jonathan Pearce (whose other acts as producer include recent Captured Tracks signing, and also an RT fav, Wax Chattels) brings it all home with an approach that’s equal parts seasoned perfectionist and D.I.Y. Channeling their stew of personal-canon heroes while drawing inspiration from contemporaries like Alvvays and Courtney Barnett, The Beths serve up deeply emotional lyrics packaged within heavenly sounds that delight in probing the limits of the pop form. “That’s another New Zealand thing,” Stokes concludes with a laugh. “We’re putting our hearts on our sleeves—and then apologizing for it.” The result is nothing less than one of the standout records of 2018.