The songwriter known simply as Tristen doesn’t pen love songs so much as she writes songs about love. It’s a subtle distinction, but one that allows her to reflect on ironies of this lofty topic while crafting witty hooks and spare arrangements. Channelling the deadpan wit of Aimee Man alongside the madcap melodicism of Nilsson, Aquatic Flowers ponders romantic love (“Complex”), maternal love (“Julian”), even courtly love (“Die 4 Love”). Tristen’s most upbeat songs, however, tend to carry the most downbeat sentiments, including the chipper-sounding “Wrong With You”: “There must be something wrong with you for loving someone like me”.