New Zealand’s purveyors of high-energy guitar pop, ​The Beths​, channel their friendships into high-energy guitar pop with a smart lyrical bite. ​Guitarist, lead vocalist and primary songwriter ​Elizabeth Stokes and guitarist ​Jonathan Pearce attended high school together, before meeting up with long-time mate, bassist ​Benjamin Sinclair​, at the University of Auckland, where the three studied jazz. After gigging together in a variety of configurations, fellow jazz student and drummer ​Tristan Deck joined The Beths’ live line-up in 2019.