The Beths do not have a gimmick — not even the ever-reliable &#8220;our band has no gimmick.&#8221; They&#8217;re not part of a trendy subgenre or revival; although decades&#8217; worth of poppy guitar music echo through the Auckland quartet&#8217;s albums — recalling a constellation of acts you might call power-pop, indie-pop, pop-punk, indie rock, alt-rock, or…

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