Tristan Brusch

The new album by songwriter and singer Tristan Brusch was released on March 24, 2023. "Am Wahn" is the wild, disturbingly beautiful document of a hypertoxic relationship. A rousingly indulgent declaration of love to the great days of pop music with grand gestures and chanson, with which Tristan Brusch doesn't make the mistake of playing it safe for a second.

Something that doesn't happen all that often in this country: Ambiguity in pop. We Germans really like to sing, say and explain exactly what is meant. And in such a way that even the last person understands it. Precision is highly valued in the land of engineers. This is honorable, but in the context of music it often leads to predictability and a heavily pedagogical undertone.
In this respect, it is good that there are songwriters and singers like Tristan Brusch. The 34-year-old belongs to that rare breed of singers who brilliantly master the playful use of unambiguous and ambiguous metaphors in song lyrics. With Tristan Brusch, a song always means exactly what it means to the listener at the moment of listening, i.e. theoretically more or less everything. The highest art of all.