HALF WAIF
A-SIDE OF NEW 7" OUT 2/24 VIA ANTI-
Half Waif, the project of Nandi Rose, has announced a new 7" with the release of a video for its A-Side "Orange Blossoms." The release marks the start of a new chapter of work to unfold in 2021.
"I wrote 'Orange Blossoms' soon after finishing The Caretaker, and in some ways, it feels like the next chapter in that story," said Nandi Rose of the song. "In the fall of 2019, I found myself taking care of someone close to me who was struggling with addiction, and as a caretaker often does, I internalized that immense pain and took it on as my own. It's paralyzing, to feel so powerless when trying to help someone you love. The song came out like an incantation, a desperate plea to be rescued from wrestling with everything. But it unfolded into something more resolute as I refocused on the task of taking responsibility for myself and my own life. The song touches on a phrase that kept coming back to me at that time, which was: 'no one's going to do it for you.' You can help and be helped, you can love and be loved, but salvation is your own to seek and claim."
The 7" follows the release of 2020's The Caretaker, which The New Yorker said "inadvertently speak(s) to a period of uncertainty and isolation, and, though they're weighty, Half Waif's sombre elegance reflects the steely-eyed strength of a person who might just get through it," and Pitchfork called an "an eerily relevant quarantine listen," saying it's "an album of waiting for things to get better but not knowing exactly how or why they will. At a time when our government has failed us so badly that the best response to a global pandemic is individual action, these songs validate the confusion and anxiety of tackling a colossal burden alone."
Orange Blossom b/w Party's Over 7" is available for pre-order now and due 2/24 via ANTI-.
"Half Waif's new album, The Caretaker, evokes the stifling feeling of wanting to force time forward and charge into a future that's nebulous and perpetually out of reach. These songs inadvertently speak to a period of uncertainty and isolation, and, though they're weighty, Half Waif's sombre elegance reflects the steely-eyed strength of a person who might just get through it."
-The New Yorker
"Beautifully rendered and deeply layered synth-pop."
-Pitchfork
"The swooping blend of organic instrumentation and fluttering electronics that has marked Nandi Rose's solo career as Half Waif looks to come into stark clarity with The Caretaker. A musician who has built her career on enigmatic presence and ambiguity steps into a lusher and more mature territory with her fourth album, guided as always by her clear and restless vocals, delivering poetic turns of phrase that can twist from grandly universal to painfully intimate within a single measure"
-The AV Club
"A whirring, deeply emotive window into self-sufficiency and the highs and lows of personal growth."
-NPR
"Stormy chord progressions and eerie pitch-shifts convey disquiet, while sweeping strings and Rose's soaring vocals crash in waves of catharsis."
-Nylon
"Sparse and spectral."
-The FADER
"Characteristically gorgeous, emotive."
-Stereogum
"Often resembles a reversion to her sparser early work and away from the cavernous jolts of her more recent output."
-Paste
"Whereas her debut solo record, Lavender, took a more intimate approach to music, this new one goes for big emotions and even bigger music."
-Consequence of Sound
"Nandi Rose dials into the electronic elements of her musical repertoire."
-UPROXX
"Downright euphoric."
-MTV
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HALF WAIF
ORANGE BLOSSOMS B/W PARTY'S OVER 7"
ANTI- RECORDS
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
2. Party's Over
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