While some people think it's nonsense that the world has continued to produce guitar pop after 1980 because Television's Marquee Moon and The Feelies' Crazy Rhythm are unachievable heights of genius, others like the four members of The Beths believe that there's never too many bands to bring that shining legacy into the present. And if they do it with as much love and passion as they do, then so much the better. Just as with other contemporary bands such as Alvvays and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, The Beths strum their guitars and compile their choruses, and we automatically remember those records that have inspired several generations. They are the perfect guardians of a sound. Without a doubt, albums like Future Me Hates Me and Expert in a Dying Field work as a dependable transmission belt of all that indie-pop heritage that reaches our times through this New Zealand quartet.