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"Searching for home has been such a theme in my life" Nandi Rose tells me one chilly morning over Skype. Nestled in a corner of her new house, the western Massachusetts native, who creates vivid, transcendent synth-pop as Half Waif, recently moved upstate New York with her now-husband Zack Levine."I talked for many years when we lived in Brooklyn about wanting to move to the Hudson Valley, and I did it," she says.
A longing for summer also saturates The Caretaker, representing Rose's image of her best self."It's the internal landscape that I want to reflect," she explains."Even in winter, when things are bleak, I'm reaching for this time when the yard is full of greenery and life, and I'm more content and loving myself." As Rose walks me through each track on album, it becomes clear that her craft is a way for her to manifest that internal summertime.
The song is a reassurance that feeling bad isn't something that needs to be corrected. I didn't really think about it, but this comes right after"Siren," where I'm telling my partner that I'm going to be strong for him. And here I am, flipping it like, No! Allow me to be in this place of turmoil! [Laughs] That's a little hypocritical. But isn't that what love is? You want to take care of your people, but you think you can handle your own shit.
"Lapsing" I wanted"Lapsing" to feel like the midpoint of the album. So much of this record is crafted, but"Lapsing" is just two synth sounds that I improvised. There's this sloppier quality to it, which felt important to me as a palate cleanser. I wanted to offer this gift of breath. It's the kind of track where you'd be driving and it'd soundtrack your thoughts.
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