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.

 

I think metal is like one of my favorite songs of all time now

 

This is the first Beths album I’ve listened to and I’m hooked. Really into this

 

People are awful.

 

Good lord. That’s awful.

 

Steal from touring musicians and you deserve to have your life made a living hell