Singer/songwriter/guitarist Katie Pruitt has announced her new album, Fools for the Fleeting will be released on 18th September 2026 via Rounder Records.
The Nashville-based musician reckons with the impermanence that comes with being human. Her most outward-reaching and philosophically rich work to date, the album unfolds as an illuminating meditation on transience and grief, connection as a means of survival, and the healing power of presence and surrender.
Her third full-length and follow-up to 2024’s highly rated Mantras, Fools for the Fleeting finds Pruitt joining forces with producer Isaiah Beard to fulfil her vision of creating an album that feels “rooted to the earth.” One of the record’s underlying themes is the idea of nature as a mirror for our inner lives, with Pruitt tapping these songs as a conduit for communal understanding. The 10-song set centres on her own powerful yet intentional form of americana/indie-rock, steeped in acoustic instrumentation, her warm and soulful voice, and the beautifully imperfect friction of live performance, courtesy of musicians like Juan Solorzano (a guitarist known for his work with Ruston Kelly and Parker Millsap) and Aksel Coe (a drummer who’s played with Ella Langley and Sierra Ferrell).
“This album came from trying to figure out how to move forward in a world that feels aggressively chaotic and constantly in flux,” says Pruitt. “So much has changed in the last few years: politically, technologically, personally, and—of course—the irreversible damage done to our planet’s climate. I’ve been thinking a lot about how everything is temporary, and how that can feel either terrifying or freeing, depending on how you look at it. There’s some sombreness to these songs, but I also wanted to include a thread of hope.”
You can pre-save/ pre-order Fools For the Fleeting here.
Alongside the announcement, she has shared the album’s first single, Blackout. One of several album songs threaded with lyrical references to natural disasters, the stripped-back and steel-laced track surfaced during a spring 2025 tornado outbreak that nearly hit her house in Nashville, prompting her ex to reach out to make sure she was alright. Tapping singer/songwriter Nolan Taylor for the track, Pruitt realizes that the only thing that really matters in the face of a disaster – and nearly losing it all – is love and human connection.
