Beas is an indie rock/pop band based in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. While they recently played their first in September 2025, the four members — Betty Rupp, Elizabeth Hammond, Andy Hull, and Sean Parker — are longtime fixtures of the local music community, with roots in bands including Maple Stave, Horizontal Hold, Knurr &amp; Spell, Pleasant and North Elementary.&nbsp; Jangly, driving country rock from Durham. After a 10+ year hiatus, Richard Hair is back, this time astride a new assemblage of Triangle music veterans: The Bootcut Boys (members of Three Body Problem, Megayacht). With a sound like you're midway through your third Bud Ice by a lakeside campfire, skipping rocks in the twilight, and are visited by the startling realization of your own mortality. When the fear finally subsides, your pulse steadies and the sound of your nearby friends reaches you again. The specter lingers, but you are no longer afraid. You savor the Bud Ice like none before. You finish it and reach for a fourth.