With her first three recordings, 2003’s The Love EP, 2005’s breezy twentythree
and 2008’s Hello, Tristan Prettyman parlayed her smoky alto voice and laid-back
surfer-girl-from-San-Diego charm into an eight-year career studded with
highlights that included Hello’s No. 2 position on the iTunes Digital Albums chart
and headlining tours across the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Prettyman chronicles the experience on her new album, the raw, emotionally charged Cedar + Gold, which finds her sifting through the wreckage of her relationship and emerging stronger on the other side. “I started writing songs from a place that was so deep and honest, where I didn’t hold anything back,” she says. “It felt so good. I was like, ‘This is what music is about — being able to release what is trapped inside of you.’ Whenever anything ached or caused me pain, I’d tell myself, ‘Save it for the record.’” Listen here on NEW!

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