Album Review: Future Me Hates Me by The Beths

There's something of a pop rock renaissance currently underway at the moment, with much of the focus falling on female-fronted acts. For all of their artistic pretensions, indie darlings The Orielles are, at their core, a really fun pop band. After what seemed an age of male-fronted, faux chauvinist rock bands like Kings of Leon and Black Keys, we're overdue this focus on female vocalist-driven pop rock.

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The Beths may have been founded by jazz majors at the University of Auckland, but they quickly built their reputation in the clubs of Australia and their native New Zealand for an impulsive, infectious indie rock. Inspired, at least in large part, by the punk-pop of their childhood, they rely on energized guitar riffs, melodic hooks, and multi-part vocal harmonies. It's a formula presented in spades on their full-length debut Future Me Hates Me, beginning with the outright banger "Great No One." The song opens at a brisk tempo with a hummable vocal line and a distorted guitar striking in rhythm with clean jabs.

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