Artist · chart history
The Beths
Band Auckland New Zealand Formed 2015 New Zealand indie pop
The Beths formed in 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. The Beths has 50 chart appearances on 37 radio countdowns from 17 stations on RockLists, spanning 2018–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Metal”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #18. The station that charted The Beths most often is 102.7 WEQX (Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2025.
The Beths met at the University of Auckland and grew into a crackerjack New Zealand indie rock band: Elizabeth Stokes on lead vocals, Jonathan Pearce on guitar, Benjamin Sinclair on bass and Tristan Deck on drums. They signed to Carpark Records in 2018 and put out Future Me Hates Me that year, a debut of wiry, sugar-rushed guitar pop, with "You Wouldn't Like Me" and "Happy Unhappy" delivering big, shout-along hooks over nervy, wound-up playing.
Jump Rope Gazers, in 2020, slowed the pulse a touch without losing the bite, and "Dying to Believe" shows how neatly they fold sweet harmonies into chugging, tightly wound guitars. Expert in a Dying Field followed in 2022, its title track and "Silence Is Golden" balancing precision and ache, and along the way they went out on tour with Death Cab for Cutie, the National and Spoon.
The Aotearoa Music Awards named them Best Group in 2024, and Straight Line Was a Lie arrived in 2025, with "Metal" and the title track keeping Stokes's clear, unfussy voice riding on top of the band's ringing, precise clatter.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Beths on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metal | 11 | #18 | – | 2025 | |
| 2 | Straight Line Was A Lie | 9 | #16 | – | 2025 | |
| 3 | Expert in a Dying Field | 5 | #4 | – | 2022 | |
| 4 | Watching The Credits | 4 | #19 | – | 2023 | |
| 5 | Happy Unhappy | 3 | #71 | – | 2019 | |
| 6 | Silence Is Golden | 6 | #73 | – | 2022 | |
| 7 | Future Me Hates Me | 2 | #16 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Dying to Believe | 3 | #45 | – | 2020 | |
| 9 | You Wouldn't Like Me | 2 | #72 | – | 2018 | |
| 10 | I'm Not Getting Excited | 1 | #43 | – | 2020 | |
| 11 | Out of Sight | 1 | #66 | – | 2020 | |
| 12 | A Real Thing | 1 | #82 | – | 2022 | |
| 13 | Best Laid Plans | 1 | #262 | – | 2025 | |
| 14 | No Joy | 1 | #83 | – | 2025 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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