The Beths - Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 (Translucent Emerald Green Vinyl) Dance This isn’t a joke set-up

This isn’t a joke set-up

‘Fiction’ and ‘Sunset’

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The Beths - Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 (Translucent Emerald Green Vinyl) Dance This isn’t a joke set-upThe anticipation is there in Elizabeth Stokes solo guitar riff under the opening lines of Im Not Getting Excited: a frenetic, driving force daring a packed Auckland Town Hall to do exactly the opposite of what the track title suggests. As the opener of The Beths Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 expands to include the full band, the crowd screeches and bellows. Its a collective exhalation, in one of the few countries where live music is still possible. The