Tristen Gaspadarek

Tristen
Tristen performing in Cambridge, Massachusetts in March 2017
Background information
Birth name Tristen Gaspadarek
Born (1983-11-23) November 23, 1983
Lansing, Illinois[1]
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, performance artist
Instruments vocal, guitar, keyboard
Years active 2000-present
Labels PUPsnake Records, Modern Outsider
Website www.tristen.com

Tristen (Born Tristen Gaspadarek, November 23, 1983) is an American Singer-songwriter and musician. She has released four albums: Teardrops and Lollipops (self-released, 2008), Charlatans at the Garden Gate (2011), CAVES (2013), and Sneaker Waves (2017). She also performed as a member of Jenny Lewis's live band in 2015.

After graduating from De Paul University in 2007, where she studied relational group and organizational theories of communication, she moved to Nashville, TN to immerse herself in the burgeoning music scene.

In February 2011 she released her label debut Charlatans At The Garden Gate to critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone magazine praising the record for its "catchy refrains with multiple meanings," and "ear-tugging melodies with hidden hooks."[2] The album was also recognized favorably by NPR,[3] Spin Magazine,[4] The A.V. Club,[5] and Paste Magazine[6] among many others.

C A V E S was released in October 2013. The LP was recorded partly in Nashville by Battletapes engineer, Jeremy Ferguson, part in Omaha with Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, M Ward) and was mixed by synth-pop pioneer Stephen Hague (New Order, Pet Shop Boys).[7] Just like her previous album, C A V E S was also named "Best Local Album of 2013".[8] by the Nashville Scene Critic's Poll and in the "Top 50 Albums of 2013" by American Songwriter.[9] SPIN Magazine claimed that the new sound of C A V E S had recast the songwriter as "a synth pop siren" [10]

Since the release of Charlatans At The Garden Gate Tristen has extensively toured North America with artists including Those Darlins, The Elected, Justin Townes Earle, Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, Vanessa Carlton and more. In March of 2014, Tristen opened for Television (band) in Nashville.

Tristen frequently collaborates with her friend Caitlin Rose and partner, guitarist Buddy Hughen.

In 2015, Tristen was featured in the documentary The Moment: Bonnaroo, about the popular music festival.

In 2016, Tristen released a chap book of poetry, Saturnine.[11]

She released her fourth album Sneaker Waves in 2017, with a worldwide release in 2018.[12]

Television

"Baby Drugs" was featured on the HBO television series Enlightened and the film Better Living Through Chemistry. MTV's reality TV shows Catfish: The TV Show and Teen Mom 2 used the song "Gold Star" and the teen drama Finding Carter used "House of War."[13] "Special Kind of Fear" was featured in Denis Leary's television show Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.

Discography

Albums

Year Title Label Tracks Formats
2008 Teardrops and Lollipops Tristen Self-Release 9 CD, Download
2011 Charlatans At The Garden Gate American Myth Recordings 11 LP, CD, Download
2013 C A V E S PUPsnake Records 11 LP/clear vinyl, CD, Download
2017 Sneaker Waves Modern Outsider 11 LP clear vinyl, CD, Download

EPs

Year Title Label Tracks Formats
2009 Deceivers Are Achievers Tristen Self-Release 5 CD
2010 Eager For Your Love American Myth Recordings 3 7", Download
2011 Tristen Decks the Halls Tristen Self-Release 3 7" red vinyl, Download

Singles

Year Title B-Side/Notes Label Formats Album
2011 Eager For Your Love Baby Drugs American Myth Recordings Download Charlatans At The Garden Gate
2013 No One's Gonna Know PUPsnake Records C A V E S
Gold Star[14]
2014 Forever Yours note: Carl Perkins cover YouTube Streaming Non-Album Track
See No Evil note: Television cover
2016 In Winter Blues Download
2017 Peaceful Easy Feeling note: Eagles cover Instant Records
Got Some Glass Jar (Feat. Jenny Lewis) Modern Outsider 7" Ltd. Ed. Sneaker Waves
Crying on Christmas Day note: proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders PUPsnake records Download Non-Album Track

[15]

Collaborations

Year Main Artist Album Songs Contribution
2009 The Non-Commissioned Officers Make-out with Violence (OST) Radar Heart (Rody Please) Vocals
2010 Caitlin Rose Own Side Now New York Writer/Backing Vocals
2011 Jonny Corndawg Down on the Bikini Line Various tracks Performer
2012 Wanda Jackson Unfinished Business Tracks 4, 6 and 7[16] Backing Vocals
JEFF the Brotherhood Dark Energy (Single) Dark Energy (Tristen Vocal) Vocals
2015 Quichenight Quichenight Presents... Quichebeat 2015 (Feat. Tristen and John Hendrickson) There Is a Time
War on Christmas EP Silent Night
2017 Steelism ism Shake Your Heel
All Them Witches Sleeping Through the War 4 tracks
And The Relatives Green Machinery Hammer Down / Siamese

[17]

Videography

Year Title Director Formats Album
2009 Matchstick Murder Jeff Wyatt Wilson Vimeo/YouTube Charlatans At The Garden Gate
Baby Drugs! (Live Version) Seth Pomeroy Vimeo
2011 Baby Drugs Justin Mitchell Vimeo/YouTube
2013 No One's Gonna Know Bernadine Shout & Danny Buday YouTube C A V E S
2014 Catalyst Seth Pomeroy Vimeo/YouTube/Vevo/iTunes
Gold Star Tristen YouTube
2016 A Dream Within A Dream Saturnine (poetry book)
Eight People on a Golf Course and One Bird of Freedom Flying Over Bekah Cope Audio Poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1988)
2017 Glass Jar (Feat. Jenny Lewis)[18] Casey Pierce Vevo/YouTube Sneaker Waves
Got Some Tristen YouTube
2018 Partyin' is Such Sweet Sorrow Tristen + Seth Pomeroy

[19] [20] [21] [22]

Books

Year Title Edition Forward By Publisher
2016 Saturnine Pocket Poetry Series: Volume One (2 pressings)[23] Ezra Furman Cosmic Thug Records & Press

References

  1. ↑ Hopper, Jessica (June 30, 2011). "Tristen returns to her roots". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  2. ↑ Hermes, Will. "Tristen - Charlatans At the Garden Gate". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Moon, Tom. "Pop Hooks And Pure Inspiration". NPR. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  4. ↑ Goodman, Billy. "25 Must Hear Artists At Bonnaroo 2011". Spin Magazine. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Williams, Christian. "Tristen - Charlatans At The Garden Gate". Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  6. ↑ Reevers, China. "Tristen - Charlatans At The Garden Gate". Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Tristen Announces CAVES Kickstarter Campaign". The Nashville Scene.
  8. ↑ "Diarrhea Planet leads the local charge in a year full of powerful releases and big developments". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums Of 2013". American Songwriter. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  10. ↑ "Stream Tristen's Synth-Lined 'C A V E S':Nashville-based talent abandons folk tradition for '80s-tinged sophomore LP". SPIN Magazine.
  11. ↑ "SATURNINE BY TRISTEN GASPADAREK IS VOLUME ONE !! AVAILABLE TODAY!". Cosmic Thug Press. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  12. ↑ Hight, Jewly. "Review: Tristen, 'Sneaker Waves'". NPR. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  13. ↑ https://www.tunefind.com/artist/tristen
  14. ↑ "Future Releases on Triple A (AAA) Radio Stations". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 2014-03-06.
  15. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/artist/1431996-Tristen
  16. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Wanda-Jackson-Unfinished-Business/release/3986666
  17. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/artist/1431996-Tristen?filter_anv=0&type=Credits
  18. ↑ https://www.stereogum.com/1945176/tristen-glass-jar-feat-jenny-lewis-video/video/
  19. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/tristengaspadarek/videos
  20. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/TristenVEVO/videos
  21. ↑ https://vimeo.com/user5646960
  22. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/tristen/18736774
  23. ↑ https://cosmicthugrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/order-now-tristen-gaspadarek-s-saturnine-volume-one-of-ctr-press-pocket-poetry-series-2nd-printing-w-foreword-by-ezra-furman
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