Tristen Gaspadarek

Tristen
Tristen performing in Cambridge, Massachusetts in March 2017
Background information
Birth name	Tristen Gaspadarek
Born	1983 (age 33–34) Lansing, Illinois
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, performance artist
Website	www.tristen.com

Tristen (Born Tristen Gaspadarek, November 23, 1983) is an American Singer-songwriter and musician. She has released three albums: 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." The album was also recognized favorably by NPR,Spin Magazine,The A.V. Club, and Paste Magazine 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). Just like her previous album, C A V E S was also named "Best Local Album of 2013". by the Nashville Scene Critic's Poll and in the "Top 50 Albums of 2013" by American Songwriter. SPIN Magazine claimed that the new sound of C A V E S had recast the songwriter as "a synth pop siren"

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

She released her third album Sneaker Waves in 2017.

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