Straight Line Was A Lie - The Beths (Aug 2025)

Heavy use of looping backgrounds with vocals forward

Track 1: Title track
Track 2: Mosquitoes
Track 3: No Joy more energy thatn previous tracks. monotone but driving. repetitive droning of messaging
Track 4: Metal Softer than No Joy. still elevated energy level though. Not my fav.
Track 5: Mother, Pray For Me slowed back down, bare arrangment opening. Kinda wish this was the opening track. Keeping with the repetition trend.
Track 6: Til my heart stops Pairs wonderfully with track 5. 5 & 6 sort of feel like a different album thatn the rest so far. yearning and longing mimicry with backing track, when guitar comes in it feels more resolved
Track 7: