Album: Expert in a Dying Field
Artist: The Beths
Release Date: September 16, 2022
Label: Carpark, Rough Trade, Ivy League
Favorite Tracks:
- Knees Deep
- Silence is Golden
- Best Left
- When You Know You Know
- 2am
Thoughts: New Zealand’s The Beths continue to impress with perfect pop punk pieces about love, anguish, and regret from the pen and voice of songwriter/lead vocalist Elizabeth Stokes.
Rating: ***1/2
Album of the Week: 2022
January
- Olivia Rodrigo – Sour
- Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever
- Adele –30
- Tran Uy Duc – Came
- Yard Act – The Overload
- Aoife O’Donovan – Age of Apathy
February
- Tanya Taqaq – Tongues
- Various Artists – Summer of Soul soundtrack
- Mitski – Laurel Hell
- Shamir – Hetrosexuality
March
- Lady Pills – What I Want
- Stromae – Multitude
- Jenny Hval – Classic Objects
- Yumi Zouma – Present Tense
April
- Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity
- Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems
- The Linda Lindas – Growing Up
- Deer Scout – Woodpecker
- Sault – Air
May
- Congotronics International – Where’s the One?
- Oumou Sangaré – Timbuktu
- Various Artists – Daptone Mood
- Wet Leg – Wet Leg
July
- Editrix – Editrix Goes To Hell
- Medicine Singers – Medicine Singers
- Mourning [A] BLKstar – Celestial Bodies
- Lizzo – Special
- The Ballroom Thieves – Clouds
August
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- Beyoncé – Renaissance
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September
- Courtney Swain – Silver Lining
- Russian Circles – Gnosis
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- Santigold – Spirituals
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