Half WaifBest Half Waif Albums Ranked

Mythopoetics

pastemagazine

8.2

“Nandi Rose’s fifth record as Half Waif marks another pivotal step in her evolution”

Mythopoetics

thelineofbestfit

8.0

“Half Waif uses Mythopoetics to focus on songwriting and piano balladry to a wonderful degree”

The Caretaker

pitchfork

8.0

“Synth-pop auteur Nandi Rose renders a nuanced, deeply compelling portrait of a woman turning away from the world just when she needs help the most.”

The Caretaker

loudandquiet

8.0

“Running has long been a useful symbol for songwriters who want to provoke a direct physical response as they describe abstract emotions. We can run in circles, run away with our lover, run up that hill to make a deal with god. Or, we can just run, towards nothing in particular. That’s the kind of running Half Waif – aka Nandi Rose – writes about on The Caretaker. “Going nowhere fast,” she belts ou”

Lavender

nme

8.0

“There hasn’t been a shortage of art trying to pin down the feelings of Americans deeply affected by Donald Trump’s election, but the image Half Waif conjures on ‘Torches’ is among the more powerful. The second track on the New York trio’s third album depicts a wild fire tearing through an inland field, and the desperate feeling of wanting to escape the raging heat for the cooling antidote of the c”

Lavender

loudandquiet

8.0

“In the year and a bit since Donald Trump took office, there have been many musical attempts to reconcile with the new face of America. Few have been as effective, or as affecting, as ‘Lavender’. Much more than an anti-Trump album, and dense with skilled synth-work, this is a deeply personal reckoning of one woman’s life in Trump’s America. Through explorations of her Indian heritage and tales of ”