h. pruz – Krista
Queens-based songwriter Hannah Pruzinsky shares “Krista”, the second single from their upcoming album Red sky at morning, out November 7th on Mtn. Laurel Recording Co. The track follows “Arrival”, which featured Florist’s Emily Sprague. The album was co-produced by Felix Walworth from Told Slant and Florist.
“Krista” shifts between two sonic realities. Pruzinsky’s vocals alternate between clear, silvery runs and tape-recorded spoken whispers over acoustic instrumentation. The lyrics trace disturbances in perception. A woman screaming on a porch turns out to be a tree, but the scream lingers. Pruzinsky asks if something can still be screaming even after the illusion breaks. By the end, spoken word and sung vocals collide.
The video uses footage from a homemade horror series Pruzinsky made with their cousin Molly Schenkenberger as kids. It fits the track’s interest in blurred boundaries between what’s real and what’s imagined.
Alongside the single, Pruzinsky announced A Sailor’s Warning, a 58-page companion RPG book written by Pruzinsky and illustrated by Jono Currier. It’s a choose-your-own-adventure-style journey designed to immerse readers in the album’s world. Pruzinsky describes the album as following a lost traveller through inner and external turmoil, and the book extends that narrative. Pruzinsky’s background in game design shows here, using storytelling as a way to help listeners unpack their realisations.
Red sky at morning arrives as the follow-up to 2024’s No Glory.
Tracklist:
- Come
- Arrival
- After always
- Siren song
- Your hands
- Leaving a wound without a mark
- If you cannot make it stop
- Force
- Krista
- Whatever comes through
- Sailor’s warning
