HALF WAIF SHARES “IN AUGUST” ANNOUNCES LIVESTREAM PERFORMANCE ON RELEASE DATE THE CARETAKER OUT THIS FRIDAY VIA ANTI- RECORDS

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HALF WAIF SHARES "IN AUGUST" ANNOUNCES LIVESTREAM PERFORMANCE ON RELEASE DATE THE CARETAKER OUT THIS FRIDAY VIA ANTI- RECORDS

Half Waif (aka Nandi Rose) has shared “In August,” the latest from her anticipated new album The Caretaker, out this Friday, March 27th via Anti Records.

Listen to In August

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.”

Half Waif will be live broadcasting an intimate set from her home this Friday March 27 7PM US EST / Saturday March 28 at 10 AEDT.
More details to come.

The Caretaker has received early praise from NPR’s All Songs ConsideredPitchforkThe FADERStereogumConsequence of SoundPasteMTVNylonUPROXXBrooklyn VeganUnder The Radar and more.

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 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.

HALF WAIF  – THE CARETAKER – OUT THIS FRIDAY MARCH 27

TRACKLIST

1. Clouds Rest
2. Siren
3. Ordinary Talk
4. My Best Self
5. In August
6. Lapsing
7. Halogen 2
8. Blinking Light
9. Brace
10. Generation
11. Window Place

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