Tré Burt
Tré Burt is an American singer-songwriter based in Sacramento, CA.
… Read Full Bio ↴Tré Burt is an American singer-songwriter based in Sacramento, CA.
From working menial day jobs (as a maintenance technician, servicing airplanes at SFO International, taping boxes as a UPS worker) Burt is said to be a working class musician.
Tré wrote his protest anthem, “Under The Devil’s Knee”, in 2020 which features Allison Russell, Sunny War and Leyla McCalla, in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and the unmitigated police violence across the country. His work caught the attention of scholars and activists, namely Dr. George Yancy, Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Khalil Muhammad, and garnered an invitation to speak on a panel with the latter two at Harvard’s Kennedy School through Dr. Muhammad’s Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project.
Burt teamed up with Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee, Nathaniel Rateliff) to produce and collaborate on his second album. Brad’s brother Phil Cook (Megafaun, The Guitar Heels), label-mate Kelsey Waldon and Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath all appear throughout the 12 songs on You, Yeah You.
On the first single, “Sweet Misery”, the album title acts as an appeal and a call to action; “You, Yeah You / who else am I talking to”. Burt speaks both to himself and the listener, conjuring a fighter’s scrappy disposition. The protagonist fights his shapeshifting opponent in the form of Misery, a foe whose shadow has cast darker and harder to ignore in the past year. “There is something kinda beautiful about people who are experiencing tragedy in chorus” Burt says.
On the album’s second single "By The Jasmine"; Burt presents a portrait of a young man taking a moonlit walk through downtown Sacramento.
Burt brought label-mate Kelsey Waldon to sing on “Dixie Red, his ode to the late John Prine, whose influence runs deep throughout their songwriting.
Burt traveled to Durham, North Carolina, to record You, Yeah, You in a single week between Sounds Pure Studios and Brad Cook’s home studio Puff City. Burt and Cook assembled a cast of heavy hitting players including Brad himself on bass and synths, Phil Cook on keys and harmonica, Alex Farrar on guitar, Matt McCaughan on drums, percussions, modular synth and Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath (I Can Not Care, Ransom Blues, Tell Mary) and Kelsey Waldon (Dixie Red) on backing vocals.
… Read Full Bio ↴Tré Burt is an American singer-songwriter based in Sacramento, CA.
From working menial day jobs (as a maintenance technician, servicing airplanes at SFO International, taping boxes as a UPS worker) Burt is said to be a working class musician.
Tré wrote his protest anthem, “Under The Devil’s Knee”, in 2020 which features Allison Russell, Sunny War and Leyla McCalla, in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and the unmitigated police violence across the country. His work caught the attention of scholars and activists, namely Dr. George Yancy, Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Khalil Muhammad, and garnered an invitation to speak on a panel with the latter two at Harvard’s Kennedy School through Dr. Muhammad’s Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project.
Burt teamed up with Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee, Nathaniel Rateliff) to produce and collaborate on his second album. Brad’s brother Phil Cook (Megafaun, The Guitar Heels), label-mate Kelsey Waldon and Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath all appear throughout the 12 songs on You, Yeah You.
On the first single, “Sweet Misery”, the album title acts as an appeal and a call to action; “You, Yeah You / who else am I talking to”. Burt speaks both to himself and the listener, conjuring a fighter’s scrappy disposition. The protagonist fights his shapeshifting opponent in the form of Misery, a foe whose shadow has cast darker and harder to ignore in the past year. “There is something kinda beautiful about people who are experiencing tragedy in chorus” Burt says.
On the album’s second single "By The Jasmine"; Burt presents a portrait of a young man taking a moonlit walk through downtown Sacramento.
Burt brought label-mate Kelsey Waldon to sing on “Dixie Red, his ode to the late John Prine, whose influence runs deep throughout their songwriting.
Burt traveled to Durham, North Carolina, to record You, Yeah, You in a single week between Sounds Pure Studios and Brad Cook’s home studio Puff City. Burt and Cook assembled a cast of heavy hitting players including Brad himself on bass and synths, Phil Cook on keys and harmonica, Alex Farrar on guitar, Matt McCaughan on drums, percussions, modular synth and Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath (I Can Not Care, Ransom Blues, Tell Mary) and Kelsey Waldon (Dixie Red) on backing vocals.
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Tré Burt Lyrics
Bout Now Whatever pours out from your body Is as holy as the…
By the Jasmine When Dante woke up, he didn't mean to He coulda used…
Carnival Mirror well you know I'd rather live off the goodwill of…
Caught It from the Rye The sky then opened up and from it came a…
Dixie Red Draw a picture that I can't trace Or shield it from…
Franklin's Tunnel In this tunnel, there's a light But it's shinin' on the…
Funny Story There aint no one that can easily say How it all…
Get It by Now Blues You were wrong for the first time my dear Take a…
I Cannot Care I did what you told me to do I returned it…
KIDS IN THA YARD (Forgot to turn the light on, baby) I do what I…
Last Hurrah You shouldn't ask the cavalier directions home He will offer…
Me Oh My I needed an answer or some kind of sign I have…
Moth's Crossing You are the beat of my heart I feel the…
Only Sorrow Remains Close to the end of the century I Had a fever…
Ransom Blues My own regard for the spirit is of no one's concern No…
Real You She's got a soft spot for me now cos when she…
Sammi's Song The bluest sky I ever seen Was advertised on a billboard…
Solo I was turning the end of my key to a…
Sweet Misery You can see the ring of darkness covering up the…
Tell Mary Tell Mary, that I've found time for Mary If she's inclined …
TRAFFIC FICTION In the mind of the wind is where I come…
Undead God of War Dreadfully, I watch through eyes too young for me The undead…