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BETH AND BLUE  
weave sonic magic
with debut album
TAKE IT ALL

out Friday October 31 via IMPRESSED RECORDINGS

+ Share single & video
‘MYSTERY OF CHAINS’

Listen HERE | Watch video HERE 

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“Every line delivers care, contemplation and consideration” – RUSSH

Beth and Blue – the collaborative lovechild of Imogen Grist (Babitha) and Marcus Index (Spookyland/Marcus Index) – today announce their debut album Take It All, set for release on Friday, October 31 via Impressed Recordings.

Marking the occasion, the duo have unveiled their lead single ‘Mystery of Chains’, a soaring tribute to the heightened emotional world of 80s power ballads.

Listen to single HERE

“We wanted to tap into that heightened emotional world where love is something you’re not just drawn into, but willingly shackled by,” the duo explains. “There’s a raw, exaggerated sincerity in those songs that feels almost out of step with modern detachment – and that’s exactly what drew us in. The simplicity, the drama, the dilemmas blown up to mythic scale – it’s all a bit of a caricature, and maybe all the more beautiful for it.”

This sense of high-stakes intimacy runs through the album’s standout tracks, with ‘Mystery of Chains’ embodying the slow-dance shimmer of 80s romantic melodrama. The song explores the contradiction of surrender as freedom, “It’s unhealthy passion, maybe. But also, kind of beautiful,” says Imogen.

The accompanying video pays direct homage to one of Imogen’s favourite duets of all time: “Candy” by Iggy Pop and Kate Pierson of The B-52s. “It encapsulates those big, universal emotions of longing, regret and hope – themes we’ve tried to navigate throughout the album,” Imogen explains.

Drawing inspiration from the golden age of 80s music videos – Kim Carnes, Roxette, Bonnie Tyler, Bruce Springsteen – the clip embraces theatricality with smoke machines, saxophone solos, and of course, chains. Shot on 16mm film by Tas Wilson using a vintage Bolex camera, the DIY production was built by friends from salvaged materials: fencing from Kennards, tyres and plastic sheeting from Reverse Garbage. “Film forces you to commit to each moment,” Imogen says. “After a full day’s shoot, we came away with just eleven minutes of footage. That level of intentionality gives the whole thing a magic you can’t fake.”

Written on a remote farm in New South Wales, Take It All is equal parts farmhouse romanticism and high-concept melodrama. Across its tracks, Beth and Blue inhabit older versions of themselves, imagined characters, and mythic archetypes, making each song feel like a miniature play complete with tension, pathos, and release.

In a world that often prizes irony and detachment, Take It All stands out as an act of artistic sincerity – bold, beautiful, and unafraid of feeling too much. The record is both a culmination of Beth and Blue’s shared life and a manifesto for a new kind of romantic art pop: sincerity as rebellion, romance as art, and songwriting as deep, shared devotion.

Born out of a chance encounter on a dating app in 2021, Beth and Blue began not as an ambitious project but as an innocent impulse to sing duets. What started as swapping playlists and harmonies quickly turned into a three-year creative partnership and life together, exploring the love song as a form of meditation. The pair’s shared passion for 60s country, Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons, and the aching theatricality of ABBA fused into a distinct artistic voice that neither could have uncovered alone.

Beth and Blue’s take on the love song is sweeping and unflinching. Their music explores desire, euphoria, fragility and despair with equal parts melodrama and surrealism. Echoes of New Wave and dream pop swirl beneath their reverb-drenched harmonies, but it’s their hymnal quality – defiantly ethereal yet unplaceable – that makes their sound unmistakable.

After packed showcases at Sydney’s SXSW and The Great Escape, Beth and Blue will join The Veils as special guests in Sydney and Melbourne this November, bringing their singular blend of tenderness and grandeur to the stage.

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BETH AND BLUE
Australian Shows 2025

Fri 10th Oct – The Vanguard, Sydney (Supporting Kacy and Clayton)
Wed 5th Nov – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne (Supporting The Veils)
Thurs 6th Nov – OAF, Sydney (Supporting The Veils)
Sun 16th Nov – Franks, Thirroul

Tickets available HERE

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