Half Waif

The searching, artful indie rock of New York's Half Waif serves as an outlet for the thoughts and experimentation of classically trained singer and keyboardist Nandi Rose Plunkett. Working with various collaborators over time, including some of her Pinegrove bandmates, she debuted the project in 2013 with the EP Future Joys. With their cinematic sound growing incrementally more expansive with time, Half Waif had a critical breakthrough with 2018's Lavender. Fifth album Mythopoetics juxtaposed a vulnerable hopefulness with their most dramatic synth atmospheres yet in 2021. Both...