Watch Half Waif Perform Three Gorgeous Lavender Tracks Live From the Paste Studio
Nandi Rose Plunkett and Co. treated us to a rare and special performance.
Brooklyn-based electronic trio Half Waif, led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Nandi Rose Plunkett, are now streaming their new album, Lavender, via NPR. Earlier this week, the band stopped by the Paste studio for an intimate session that featured three gorgeous album tracks: “Lavender Burning,” “Torches,” and “Silt,” the latter of which Plunkett called her “favorite” on the record.
Lush and layered, Lavender is an album about connection— both lack of it, and the ties that bind us to the people in our lives. Plunkett’s lyrics— most of which were written on tour— reflect feelings of isolation and longing. “I miss New York, and that’s the loneliest feeling/To be on a road and not know where it’s leading,” she sings on opening track “Lavender Burning.”
“A lot of the record makes reference to what it’s like to be away from home and be missing the places and people you love,” Plunkett told Paste. The album’s title was inspired by Plunkett’s English grandmother, who used to pick lavender from her garden and burn it on the stove. She was “like a little witch making magic in the kitchen,” Plunkett laughed.