Tristen at The Blue Room at Third Man Records, 3/1/2025
In January, Tristen released Zenith, a three-track inducer of nostalgia that revisits her 2013 album CAVES. The EP features a fresh and more rock-forward version of “No One’s Gonna Know,” a track called “New Punching Bag” that landed on a compilation years ago and was unearthed for this record, and “Stimulation (I Can’t Get No”) — a track that didn’t make it past some initial takes during the CAVES sessions. Zenith provided an excellent occasion for Tristen to play an all-too-rare show at The Blue Room, during which she ripped through a packed set list ranging from her 2011 breakout Charlatans at the Garden Gate to 2021’s earworm-heavy Aquatic Flowers and everything in between.
