Liz Stokes of The Beths and alt-pop artist Chelsea Jade reminisce about busking together, discuss what advice they’d give to their 15-year-old selves, and perform beautiful covers of one another’s songs.
- Chelsea Jade performs The Beths’ ‘Great No One’ from 2018’s Future Me Hates Me
- Liz Stokes performs Chelsea Jade’s ‘Laugh It Off’ from her 2018 debut Personal Best
Chelsea Jade Metcalf and Liz Stokes of The Beths are old mates. The pair started making music together when they were 15, eventually teaming up with their friend Talita Setyady to form folk trio Teacups.
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Liz is now based in Auckland working as frontwoman and principal songwriter for power pop quartet The Beths. Chelsea is hunkering down in her adopted home of Los Angeles.
Both Chelsea and Liz have new music on the way, and both have had their touring plans disrupted by Covid-19 .
In this episode Chelsea and Liz reminisce about busking together, discuss what advice they’d give to their 15-year-old selves, and perform beautiful covers of one another’s songs.
Under Cover is a multi-episode web series where two musicians talk with one another about their music, their lives, and how Covid-19 has affected them. Each episode includes two musical performances where the musicians cover one another’s songs.
Under Cover is co-presented by The Spinoff and RNZ Music | A Banished Music Production | Thanks to Creative New Zealand
