Half Waif
{{Short description|American singer}}
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| birth_name = Ananda Rose Plunkett
| alias = Nandi Rose
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- Singer-songwriter
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- Cascine
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| past_member_of = Pinegrove
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Half Waif is the stage name of American musician Ananda Rose "Nandi" Plunkett.{{cite web |last1=Curto |first1=Justin |title=Half Waif Has Been Unknowingly Working Toward Mythopoetics for Generations |url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/07/half-waif-interview-new-album-mythopoetics.html}}
Early life
Born to an Indian mother from Uganda, Rose grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts.{{cite web |last1=Trammell |first1=Matthew |title=Nandi Rose Plunkett’s Freewheeling Art Pop |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/10/nandi-rose-plunketts-freewheeling-art-pop |publisher=The New Yorker |accessdate=4 January 2020}} Her parents divorced when she was a child.
Rose began writing music when she was a child in Massachusetts. She later attended Kenyon College.
History
A former member of the indie rock band Pinegrove,{{cite web |last1=Kaye |first1=Ben |title=Half Waif Shares Track by Track Breakdown of New Album Mythopoetics: Exclusive |url=https://consequence.net/2021/07/half-waif-mythopoetics-track-by-track-stream/}} Rose released her first full-length album as Half Waif in 2014, titled Kotekan.{{cite web |last1=Leas |first1=Ryan |title=Enough Apocalypse |url=https://www.stereogum.com/featured/enough-apocalypse/ |publisher=Stereogum |accessdate=4 January 2020}} She followed it up with the release in 2016 of her second full-length album, titled Probable Depths.{{cite web |last1=Innis |first1=Charles |title=Half Waif – "Nest" (Stereogum Premiere) |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1849360/half-waif-nest-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/ |publisher=Stereogum |accessdate=25 December 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Pelly |first1=Jenn |title=Half Waif: "Turn Me Around" |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/18490-half-waif-turn-me-around/ |publisher=Pitchfork |accessdate=25 December 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Pelly |first1=Jenn |title=Half Waif’s Restless Electro Pop |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/10090-half-waifs-restless-electro-pop/ |publisher=Pitchfork}} In 2017, she released an EP titled form/a.{{cite web |last1=McDermott |first1=Patrick |title=Half Waif’s New EP Is A Mesmerizing Collection Of Avant-Pop |url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/02/20/half-waif-form-a-stream-cascine |publisher=The Fader |accessdate=3 January 2020}}
Rose released her third full-length album as Half Waif in 2018, titled Lavender.{{cite web |last1=Lorusso |first1=Marissa |title=Half Waif's 'Lavender' Offers A Ritual Of Beauty And Purification |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/04/19/602174080/first-listen-half-waif-lavender |publisher=NPR Music |accessdate=3 January 2020}} The album received a 7.8 out of 10 rating from Pitchfork{{cite web |last1=Geffen |first1=Sasha |title=Half Waif: Lavender |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/half-waif-lavender/ |publisher=Pitchfork |accessdate=3 January 2020}} and became Stereogum
In April 2021, Rose announced her fifth album, Mythopoetics, with a July 9 release date.{{cite web |last1=Martoccio |first1=Angie |title=Half Waif Previews New Album With ‘Swimmer’ |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/half-waif-swimmer-mythopoetics-album-1162260/ |website=Rolling Stone |access-date=29 April 2021 |date=28 April 2021}}
Rose's music has been described as synth-pop and electronic.{{cite web |last1=DiBlasi |first1=Loren |title=Watch Half Waif Perform Three Gorgeous Lavender Tracks Live From the Paste Studio |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/04/half-waif-lavender-session.html |publisher=Paste |accessdate=4 January 2020}}
Personal life
Discography
=Studio albums=
- Kotekan (2014)
- Probable Depths (2016)
- Lavender (2018)
- The Caretaker (2020)
- Mythopoetics (2021)
- See You at the Maypole (2024)
=EPs=
- form/a (2017)