San Diego singer Tristan Prettyman has released a new poignant music video for "I Was Gonna Marry You," the fourth single off of her just-released brand new fourth LP, "Cedar + Gold," which is Prettyman's definitive breakup record and most obviously, "I Was Gonna Marry You," is paint a damn clear picture of exactly what happened. With both personal and universally relatable, the melodies will stick in your head and tug at your heart.
Prettyman is one of those special singer/songwriters who knows exactly just how to capture an emotion and reel you in! It seems the 30-year-old songbird drew a lot of inspiration for her music from her previous engagement to fellow singer-songwriter, Jason Mraz. Her folk-flavored voice captures a carefree, California-style coastal sound and her songs have memorable hooks that celebrate love in all its forms.
All that she's gone through has definitely provided the material for a solid album, on which Prettyman delves into the pain endured with the end of her engagement to Mraz, and she sings with an apparent honesty that is liberating. It's not unusual for an artist to find inspiration in heartache. What Prettyman accomplishes on “Cedar + Gold,” however, is unusual because she sings from her broken heart with a voice that is absent of anger. Instead, there is both fragility and strength, retrospection and introspection, and through it all there is love.
Prettyman has a lot on her mind and expresses it in "I Was Gonna Marry You." Prettyman's spins beauty from her pain, and the melancholic chord shifts of her guitar carry her voice naturally. From the slow melodic sounds of the piano and the guitar, the song is beautiful and heartfelt with a lot of raw emotion, which is reflected well in the video, which puts the spotlight on an engaged couple who eventually break up when the groom-to-be gives his leading lady a heartbreaking note explaining that he can't go on with the relationship any longer. As the initials they carved into the tree on their camping trip fade away, so does their relationship.
Prettyman is one of those special singer/songwriters who knows exactly just how to capture an emotion and reel you in! It seems the 30-year-old songbird drew a lot of inspiration for her music from her previous engagement to fellow singer-songwriter, Jason Mraz. Her folk-flavored voice captures a carefree, California-style coastal sound and her songs have memorable hooks that celebrate love in all its forms.
All that she's gone through has definitely provided the material for a solid album, on which Prettyman delves into the pain endured with the end of her engagement to Mraz, and she sings with an apparent honesty that is liberating. It's not unusual for an artist to find inspiration in heartache. What Prettyman accomplishes on “Cedar + Gold,” however, is unusual because she sings from her broken heart with a voice that is absent of anger. Instead, there is both fragility and strength, retrospection and introspection, and through it all there is love.
Prettyman has a lot on her mind and expresses it in "I Was Gonna Marry You." Prettyman's spins beauty from her pain, and the melancholic chord shifts of her guitar carry her voice naturally. From the slow melodic sounds of the piano and the guitar, the song is beautiful and heartfelt with a lot of raw emotion, which is reflected well in the video, which puts the spotlight on an engaged couple who eventually break up when the groom-to-be gives his leading lady a heartbreaking note explaining that he can't go on with the relationship any longer. As the initials they carved into the tree on their camping trip fade away, so does their relationship.
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