New Zealand power pop group The Beths announced their fourth studio album Straight Line Was a Lie, out August 29. Straight Line Was a Lie is the quartet's first album for the label ANTI-, home to other indie rock favorites like MJ Lenderman, Waxahatchee, and Slow Pulp.

Along with the album announcement, The Beths also shared a new single called "No Joy" and an accompanying music video. Watch below:

The song was inspired by vocalist Elizabeth Stokes's experiences taking SSRIs: "It's about anhedonia, which, paradoxically, was there both in the worst parts of depression, and then also when I was feeling pretty numb on my SSRI,” Stokes says. “It wasn't that I was sad, I was feeling pretty good. It was just that I didn't like the things that I liked. I wasn't getting joy from them. It's very literal."

Straight Line Was A Lie also includes the single "Metal", which came out in April. It's the band's first new album since 2022's phenomenal Expert in a Dying Field.

Starting in September, The Beths will be touring in support of Straight Line Was a Lie, including support from Phoebe Rings, Bret McKenzie, Squirrel Flower, and illuminati hotties. Check out the tour dates and grab tickets below.

Straight Line Was a Lie is out August 29. Preorder here. Tracklist below:

1. Straight Line Was A Lie
2. Mosquitoes
3. No Joy
4. Metal
5. Mother, Pray For Me
6. Til My Heart Stops
7. Take
8. Roundabout
9. Ark Of The Covenant
10. Best Laid Plans
    

Tour dates:

09/17 Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
09/18 Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
09/20 Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
09/21 Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 TV Studio
09/22 Leeds, UK @ Project House
09/24 Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy
09/25 Birmingham, UK @ XOYO
09/26 London, UK @ Roundhouse
09/27 Brighton, UK @ CHALK
09/29 Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix
09/30 Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo
10/01 Brussels, BE @ Botanique
10/03 Cologne, DE @ Kantine
10/04 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
10/05 Hamburg, DE @ Knust
10/07 Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan
10/08 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene
10/09 Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
10/11 Berlin, DE @ Lido
10/12 Munich, DE @ Strom
10/13 Zurich, CH @ Plaza
10/15 Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz 2
10/16 Madrid, ES @ Nazca
10/17 Lisbon, PT @ LAV
10/30 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
10/31 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse *
11/01 Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl *
11/03 Dallas, TX @ The Studio At The Bomb Factory *
11/04 Austin, TX @ Emo's *
11/06 Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
11/07 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern * ^
11/08 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *
11/09 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *
11/12 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades *
11/14 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *
11/15 Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre *
11/16 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom *
11/18 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall *
11/19 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *
11/21 Kansas City, MO @ The Truman *
11/22 St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre *
11/23 Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Indoor) * +
11/25 Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron *
11/26 Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre *
11/28 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall *
11/29 Montreal, QC @ Beanfield Theatre *
12/01 Boston, MA @ Royale *
12/02 Boston, MA @ Royale *
12/03 Providence, RI @ Fete Music Hall *
12/05 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount * #
12/06 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
12/07 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
12/09 Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club *
12/10 Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club *

* w/ Phoebe Rings
^ w/ Bret McKenzie
+ w/ Squirrel Flower
# w/ illuminati hotties

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