A few years ago, someone gifted Liz Stokes a typewriter for her birthday. The singer, songwriter, and leader of the Beths was immediately struck with a thought.

“I was like, ‘I’m never going to use this,’ ” Stokes told the Boston Herald.

The Beths had been rising for years (and continue to rise with Dec. 1 and 2 shows at Royale). Between 2018 and 2022, the New Zealand indie rock band made three albums — all Album of the Year contenders — powered by punk energy, garage rock noise, and sweet harmonies. But after 2022’s “Expert in a Dying Field,” Stokes struggled to write.

“I thought, ‘Well, this is the tool that writers use to write,’” she said about the old typewriter. “If I can’t write songs, I thought I could at least write words like a writer. And it’s the best tool for the job for al

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