The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie (August 29, 2025) • Page 4

that's the only one that threatens to go into full "eat pray love" / "dance like no one's watching" territory to me. the four-song closing run after that is my favourite stretch of the album though

 

"No Joy", "Take", "Metal", "Til My Heart Stops" are current faves (yes I know that's like half the album)

 

I don’t know why my brain is doing this, but is anyone else hearing Pink’s “Who Knew” in “Til My Heart Stops”? I feel like you could play it over top and it fits perfectly.

Is this a warning sign to seek medical attention?

EDIT: I think it is just something with the verses. The chorus, not at all.

 

"Mosquitoes" and "Till My Heart Stops" are awesome. I liked "Metal" as a single but it grew on me even more in album context.

 

"No Joy" strikes me as being a lot better in context, too. Metal is an all-time song, for me. Just stunning writing. The album and band in general seem to really resist flash-in-the-pan output, like I will still be catching stuff and sorting out the lyrics for a long time. Very solid follow-up to Expert in a Dying Field, which is maybe my favorite album to come out since the pandemic.

 

finally sitting down with this today. opener is a straight ripper. "Metal" will probably end up top 5 song of the year. insanely replayable.

 

I'm loving this album from them, still accesible but there's so much depth to these songs compared to past albums.