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HALF WAIF
SHARES "IN AUGUST"

CANCELS RECORD RELEASE SHOW & POSTPONES TOUR DATES

ANNOUNCES LIVESTREAM PERFORMANCE ON RELEASE DATE
THE CARETAKER OUT MARCH 27TH VIA ANTI- RECORDS

Photo Credit: Tonje Thilessen (download hi-res)

Half Waif (aka Nandi Rose) has shared "In August," the latest from her anticipated new album, 
The Caretaker, out next Friday, March 27th via ANTI- Records

Of the song, Rose says: "'In August' tracks the dissolution of a friendship over the course of a year, throughout every season. There's a particular kind of sadness to a friendship ending when there's no one to blame, just as there's something mournful about the inevitable change of weather. Sometimes it's not a big fight but a gradual growing apart that marks the end - how do we make sense of our role in that? This song is an attempt to recognize and accept mutual culpability in an effort to move on."

Following the CDC's recommendations regarding COVID-19 and global safety concerns, Half Waif has cancelled the sold-out The Caretaker record release show at Brooklyn, NY's Public Records on 3/27 and will also be postponing her North American May tour dates. Rescheduled dates will be announced shortly.

Half Waif will be live broadcasting an intimate set from her home on March 27th at 7 PM EST. Details to come.




Nandi Rose is on her own again, and three songs into her forthcoming album The Caretaker, the singer, songwriter and producer declares her fearlessness: "Baby don't worry about me, I don't worry about you." Here, on "Ordinary Talk," Rose meditates on the heaviness of ordinary moments, the constellation of tears and chores and self-doubt and small talk that comprise being a person, accompanied by her most cinematic, pulsing arrangements to date.

It's an apt introduction to The Caretaker, an album that negotiates the space between working alone and with others, between isolation and connection. The result is her boldest work yet. Even the album cover seems to declare a statement of intent in high resolution, a deliberate move from the obscured, muted mystery of her previous work: the artist's sharp image radiates before a brilliant blue storm, staring you right in the eye.

Over the course of eleven songs, Rose creates the lush world of a humid summer night, dreaming of and reaching for a season in which she is her "best self." Referring to the album's title, she says, "I kind of created a character. She's someone who has been entrusted with taking care of this estate, taking care of the land, and she's not doing a very good job. The weeds are growing everywhere, and she's not taking care of herself." For Rose, the character of The Caretaker serves as a warning of who she could become if she's not more vigilant, and the resulting album sees her grappling with her desire for independence and the knotty reality that we need each other.

The Caretaker follows her critically acclaimed album Lavender, named for the lavender that once grew in her grandmother's garden. And on her most recent collection, Rose's family history and intergenerational stories continue to seep their way into the songs. "There's a family legacy of losing and seeking homes, a theme that has followed me," she reflects, pointing to her mother's journey as an Indian refugee from Uganda, and her grandmother's displacement from Lahore after the partition of India. Rose herself was raised surrounded by the Berkshire mountains in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and today she finds inspiration in the shock of seasons of the Hudson Valley where she currently resides.

WATCH THE VIDEOS FOR PREVIOUSLY RELEASED SINGLES

TOUR DATES:
5/3 - Winooski, VT @ Waking Windows Festival *
5/5 - Boston, MA @ Cafe 939 *
5/6 - Northhampton, MA @ Iron Horse *
5/7 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB *
5/8 - Toronto, ON @ Baby G *
5/9 - Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx *
5/10 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas *
5/12 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd *
5/13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's *
5/15 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern *
5/16 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
5/18 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel *
5/20 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room *
5/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge *
5/24 - New York City, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
6/6 - Peterborough, NH @ The Thing in the Spring *

* ALL DATES ARE BEING RESCHEDULED FOR LATER IN THE YEAR

Photo Credit: Brian Vu (download hi-res)
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HALF WAIF
THE CARETAKER
ANTI- RECORDS
MARCH 27, 2020

1. Clouds Rest
2. Siren
4. My Best Self
6. Lapsing
8. Blinking Light
9. Brace
10. Generation
11. Window Place

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