The Beths present new single, "Mother, Pray For Me"
The Beths have shared "Mother, Pray For Me" as the latest preview of their forthcoming album, Straight Line Was A Lie.
“I cried the whole time writing it,” vocalist/guitarist Elizabeth Stokes reflects on the track. “It's not really about my mother, it's about me —what I hope our relationship is, what I think it is, what it maybe actually is, and what I can or can't expect out of it.”
“My mother is a first gen Indonesian immigrant, and very Catholic. I was born in Jakarta and we moved to Auckland when I was four. I think this song is me trying to understand my relationship with my mum, and her relationship to her faith and with her own mother. It was hard to write. We came up with a full band arrangement for the song, but in the end it seemed to feel the clearest with just me and the guitar. And a bit of organ,” she continues.
Straight Line Was A Lie will be released on 29 August via ANTI-, and is available to pre-order now.
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