Tré Burt is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter with Sacramento roots whose music bridges folk, soul, and Americana with unflinching emotional depth. Signed to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, he emerged with the album Caught It From the Rye (2020), a lo-fi, poetic debut that established him as one of the label’s few new voices. His follow-up, You, Yeah, You (2021), written in isolation during the pandemic and produced by Brad Cook, explored grief, justice, and renewal through a richer sonic lens.
In 2023, Burt released Traffic Fiction, a bold expansion that blended punk, dub, and soul influences while remaining rooted in storytelling. The album wove in field recordings of conversations with his late grandfather, transforming memory into music and grief into light. Co-Produced by Andrija Tokic in Nashville, it marked Burt’s most sonically adventurous work to date.
Now, Burt is stepping into a new creative era; self-contained, raw, and deeply personal. Returning to his DIY beginnings with newfound confidence, he locked himself away to write, play, engineer, and produce every single layer of his new music entirely by himself. This evolution marks a beautiful intersection where he merges the intimacy of his early folk work with a broader, lo-fi indie and electronic palette. Taking the time to experiment on the production side became the gateway for Tré to truly define his own sound, landing in a mesmerizing pocket alongside artists like mk.gee, Dijon, and Bon Iver.
This new chapter is spearheaded by the double single “Sands of Slime” and “Butcher Baby.” Far more than just a sonic pivot, the release introduces a cryptic, self-contained mythology unfolding visually as a surreal detective noir. It is an ongoing puzzle box exploring themes of identity and transformation, leaving a trail of breadcrumbs for those willing to look closer. Exactly where this journey leads remains a closely guarded secret, but the transmission has officially started and the room is open to anyone paying attention.
