Half Waif began in 2012 as a vehicle for the thoughts, stories and songs of Nandi Rose Plunkett. Since then Half Waif has created a powerful sound, both immediate and challenging — song structures shift and interlock underneath swells of synth, with surges of percussion and undulating melodies carried by Nandi's rich vocals. Lyrically, Half Waif traverses complex emotional landscapes with a poet's touch. Influenced by her Williamstown, MA, upbringing as the daughter of an Indian refugee mother and an American father of Irish/Swiss descent, Half Waif’s songs are forever searching to understand what it means to be truly “home.”
Half Waif began in 2012 as a vehicle for the thoughts, stories and songs of Nandi Rose Plunkett. Since then Half Waif has created a powerful sound, both immediate and challenging — song structures shift and interlock underneath swells of synth, with surges of percussion and undulating melodies carried by Nandi's rich vocals. Lyrically, Half Waif traverses complex emotional landscapes with a poet's touch. Influenced by her Williamstown, MA, upbringing as the daughter of an Indian refugee mother and an American father of Irish/Swiss descent, Half Waif’s songs are forever searching to understand what it means to be truly “home.”
"never less than gorgeous – a glimmering beacon in an ocean of rot"
"Plunkett writes songs that travel profoundly inward — asking questions about who we are and how we relate to each other"
"Nandi Rose Plunkett seeks out a sense of home amid music that’s as mystical as it is fearless"
"Some songs are spells. The ones Nandi Rose Plunkett casts as Half Waif conjure meaning out of everyday human experience"
