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The Beths is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Car Seat Headrest, Alvvays, Spoon, Rilo Kiley and Soccer Mommy. Those roots explain a lot about how The Beths arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as illuminati hotties, Remember Sports, Ratboy, Charly Bliss and Momma, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jeff Rosenstock, Palehound, Diet Cig, Frances Quinlan and Alex Lahey, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around The Beths, reaching back through Car Seat Headrest and forward to Jeff Rosenstock. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Beths are a New Zealand indie rock band, formed in Auckland in 2014. The group principally consists of lead vocalist Elizabeth Stokes, guitarist Jonathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair, and drummer Tristan Deck. Meeting at the University of Auckland, the band signed to Carpark Records in 2018, where they have released the albums Future Me Hates Me (2018), Jump Rope Gazers (2020), Expert in a Dying Field (2022), and Straight Line Was a Lie (2025). They have toured internationally with Death Cab for Cutie, the National, and Spoon.
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The Beths connections
The Beths grew out of Car Seat Headrest, Alvvays, Spoon and Rilo Kiley, shares an orbit with illuminati hotties, Remember Sports, Ratboy and Charly Bliss, went on to shape Jeff Rosenstock, Palehound, Diet Cig and Frances Quinlan. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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