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Two Birds

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Abby Schleifer I like that this album continually asks the following question of its listener—What does it mean to love someone in the face of inevitable change?

That’s really what Two Birds is—an exchange between these two great poets and musicians. I would believe them if they told me they outlined this entire album in a single night. It’s simultaneously urgent and deeply contemplative. Favorite track: Two Moons.
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1.
We share the water I wash your hair when you’re impatient Your skin burns red you grabbed the wrong hand we were just friends I overthought it I dropped your wrist Suffocating Suffocating Blood in the vines douse you in perfume I kiss your feet You look just like me That’s kind of sweet Said we’d go dancing save our bad day we’re always fighting And that’s ok Suffocate it Blood in the vines Blood in the vibes Mirror your movements But not like this Leave room for Jesus can’t we just dance Suffocate while you Learn to forgive you say that violence helps you forget Suffocate it Blood in the vines Blood in the vibes Blood in the vines Blood in the vibes
2.
Honey 03:29
Honey’s in the kitchen Asking all these questions like Are we gunna be freezing tonight? Is it okay if I change my mind Have you ever been pleased babe cause I I don’t think that we’re all that aligned Honey wants me to honey’s demise Honey please define hasty I’m not sure what it means in this context Are you in love? Are you just cold? Something big and then nothing I realize You’re not just disappointing me You’re disappointing all of us Oooo honey, weren’t you moving towards eternity? Oooo honey, weren’t you moving towards eternity? Oooo honey, weren’t you moving towards eternity? Oooo honey, weren’t you moving towards eternity?
3.
Patient Guy 03:24
New years eve Wearing basketball shorts, he Smelled like sweat, he Kissed your lips Love wasn’t something that could be so nice That could make you laugh That could change your life Mother thats one patient guy You asked the river to expand like the ocean You’re such a dreamer He said And thats a good thing You blow a candle You cry through a birthday party The guilt seeps through you You don't know why Mother thats one patient guy Mother thats one patient guy
4.
Two Moons 03:46
I like to think you’re a building With a cheek turned to the east Sweaty lip in the summer Cold burn in a new york january You can switch how you wear it I’ll still find you there in our city Cause you always change You always change shape There are two moons tonight I swear we’re the only two awake seeing them rise I had to start believing in God again You said there are other ways that I Could keep a friend Cause you always change You always change shape
5.
Two Birds 04:06
Then she told me we’re grieving And it stays in the air When we opened up an old wound When we moved out of there We both cried through a party Cause we both got so scared I need you on the last night To write the rest of it down How to amend all the cracks in the ground Someone said we should be so proud Two stories two birds in the wall Two stories two birds in the wall Its okay that its different We repeat that refrain Its a comfort Its a given Its an old brick foundation You’re a house i’ll come back to With the lights all turned on Hear the birds from a distance Like to let them sing loud How to amend all the cracks in the ground Someone said we should be so proud Two stories two birds in the wall Two stories two birds in the wall Two stories two birds in the wall Two stories two birds in the wall
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Size me up to darken the blue Are you just another story or a memory to walk through Three years back you’re crying said you had to cry alone Left an old stone in your palm to transfer all my thoughts And you hide a piece of silver in the conversation Just last night I dreamt I saw you pass me in a crowd It’s timely and no different now that no one is around Its painful like a family like an old smell like a ghost Like the way you used to choose me like an old and precious stone And you hide a piece of silver in the conversation And you hide a piece of silver in the conversation
8.
Power 04:18
I get what I want by asking the wrong questions Breaking the sequence, muscle memory that’s my weakness I get what I want by spitting in the mouth of someone close to me You think I don't mean to but I need something sick that’s my secret For a while I for a while I for a while I held on to control For a while I for a while I for a while I held on to control Tell you how it seems God of war performance in a tragedy But i’m not a vision of undiluted power that was just a scene Tell me what it means: the punch is a defense against a jealousy A fear of a frequence, the end of the abundance, am I losing steam? For a while I for a while I for a while I held on to control For a while I for a while I for a while I held on to control For a while I for a while I for a while I held on to control For a while I for a while I for a while I held on to control
9.
Levity 02:54
Feel it burn on your belly You said naivety not quite how I’d say it I like the way you said it When you said naivety
10.
Star 04:26
Silence trickles into morning Empty in a room of your affection Search for a regular emotion Take myself away from wanting You chipped your tooth on a glass jar And I did the exact thing Mouths for eating words for logic Bodies for dancing, hands for holding

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Sister.’s sophomore album Two Birds showcases a band pushing toward a fresh and cathartic communal vision. The story of the NYC indie band (Ceci Sturman, Hannah Pruzinsky (h. pruz), James Chrisman)’s development is a testament to the deep, almost unfathomably close personal and artistic bond between lead singers Sturman and Pruzinsky over the course of a decade. As the two songwriters began to explore their own relationship in their work, they embarked down a path of total, mutual honesty, writing crystalline indie-folk songs exploring the rare beauty of profound and close friendship, as well as its pitfalls. Two Birds is produced by Chrisman and co produced by Sturman, Pruzinsky, and Felix Walworth (Told Slant, Florist). The project, now expanded into a mature, fully formed quartet—pushes definitively into unexplored emotional and musical terrain.

Here, Sister. have accomplished a rare feat, turning in a collection of songs full of windswept space, patient arcs, and cathartic moments of release, in which new interactions within the music reveal themselves with repeated listening. It is an inventive, devastating, and confident statement, exploring relationships that drift apart before folding back into each other, embodying togetherness and apartness in both its lyrics and musical forms.

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released July 11, 2025

Two Birds

Performed by Sister.
Recorded and mixed by James Chrisman
Produced by James Chrisman, Ceci Sturman, Hannah Pruzinsky, Felix Walworth
Mastered by Josh Bonati

Album photo by Sarah Blesener
Art direction by Alexa Penn

Released via Mtn Laurel Recording Co.

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