{"product_id":"whait-sympathy-at-home","title":"WHAIT - sympathy at Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSympathy at home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the debut physical release by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhait\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, comprising musicians \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWendy Eisenberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003emore eaze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - aka \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMari Rubio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Following a celebrated digital-only debut hosted by the Residence Project, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003esympathy at home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e folds in both artists’s musical languages into a singular lingua franca; an intuitive, spontaneous music that yields surprising moments of joy and discovery. Whait’s music is bathed in love and celebration, a continuation of both artists’s deep-grooved furrows in current human music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded largely in the duo’s home studios in New York in-between vigorous touring schedules, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003esympathy at home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e displays an intuitive dialogue between the two, a testament to the individuals’ labyrinthine connections to the experimental, folk, electronic and “avant rock” underworlds but also to their interwoven lives. It arrives at a particularly busy point in the members’ trajectory through the landscape. Eisenberg’s self-titled 2026 album marked a milestone for the artist, transmuting their multi-genre mastery into a folk music informed by the baroque pop of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJudee Sill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVan Dyke Parks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e et al swimming in generous melody and structural invention. More eaze’s career posits her as a musical nexus that, along with countless collaborations and guests, boasted two solo 2026 solo albums for Thrill Jockey. Her work across these two records expanded her core instrumentation of violin, electronics, guitar into beautiful meditations on form and emotion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003esympathy at home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the gentle, exploratory synchronicity between Rubio and Eisenberg opens up to the listener from the onset. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHuman music\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sparkles with Eisenberg’s guitar resonating with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobbie Basho\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-esque melodic complexity before their double tracked vocal harmonises to heaven. Rubio’s violin blooms with sympathetic keyboards before a wistful but defiant vocal delivers the chorus line, swallowed up by cascading rainbows of electronic colour. Here the protagonist looks back on previous versions of the self, it’s a song about coming to terms with evolution and becoming. First single \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFalling down\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e continues the dynamic, with a guitar and drum machine providing a rolling backdrop to both artists’ vocal performances twisting into surprising melodic spirals. The result is redolent of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Roches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ oblique take on Americana filtered through the 2000s deconstructed pop music of Chicagoans \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSam Prekop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sea and a Cake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. For two artists so associated with abstract or sideways music, it’s gratifying to see Eisenberg and Rubio sculpt song-forms in their own image. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e uncurls slowly and with improvisatory charm, chiming guitar strings in conversation with playful percussion and close-mic’d movements. Eisenberg’s vocal is loose, diaristic, completely relaxed and affectionate for the moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike you\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sees more eaze further explore her own voice, an approach also in evidence on 2026 album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003esentence structure in the country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It’s a guitar-led, weaving narrative that serenely collapses into Side 2’s centrepiece, the 12 minute \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCache issue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. A long form exploration of space, the piece evokes an open expanse, dancing guitar and electronics chasing each other through the sparseness. The two musicians are centrifugal forces yawning open a fantasyland of possibilities, gentle and guiding simultaneously. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSympathy at home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e closes with a question. On \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDon’t go\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, chasing Eisenberg’s chromatic guitar colours an open vocal, with Rubio’s violin teasing out harmonies. The closing refrain “we didn’t have to fight, remember?” whether intentionally or not sums up the pair’s musical synchronicity while leaving the question open. 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