Jump Rope Gazers: Limited Edition Clear Vinyl LP

Everything changed for The Beths when they released their above mentioned debut album, Future Me Hates
Me, in 2018. The indie rock band had long been nurtured within Auckland, New Zealand’s tight-knit music
scene, working full-time during the day and playing music with friends after hours. Full of uptempo pop rock
songs with bright, indelible hooks, the LP garnered them critical acclaim from outlets like Pitchfork and
Rolling Stone, and they set out for their first string of shows overseas. They quit their jobs, said goodbye to
their home town, and devoted themselves entirely to performing across North America and Europe. They
found themselves playing to crowds of devoted fans and opening for acts like Pixies and Death Cab for
Cutie. Almost instantly, The Beths turned from a passion project into a full-time career in music.
Songwriter and lead vocalist Elizabeth Stokes worked on what would become The Beths’ second LP, Jump
Rope Gazers, in between these intense periods of touring. Like the group’s earlier music, the album tackles
themes of anxiety and self-doubt with effervescent power pop choruses and rousing backup vocals, zeroing
in on the communality and catharsis that can come from sharing stressful situations with some of your best
friends. Stokes’s writing on Jump Rope Gazers grapples with the uneasy proposition of leaving everything
and everyone you know behind on another continent, chasing your dreams while struggling to stay close with
loved ones back home.