{"id":5195,"date":"2016-04-26T11:36:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T16:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=5195"},"modified":"2019-10-08T13:34:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T18:34:05","slug":"the-waifs-ruby-boots-at-city-winery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/the-waifs-ruby-boots-at-city-winery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Waifs & Ruby Boots at City Winery"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Waifs are on tour, showing off their seventh studio album, Beautiful You<\/em>, at City Winery.<\/h2>\n

While the three core members of The Waifs hadn\u2019t seen one another since touring together in 2011, the band came together in a new way than ever before. Instead of writing their songs separately, a tradition that had served them well for nearly 20 years, they decided on collaboration.<\/p>\n

And they decided to begin by asking one another to nominate the worst song they\u2019ve ever written.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unconventional to be sure, but that word seems to describe the band perfectly. With the three of them living in places across the country, an emerging theme of Home emerged in their new music.<\/p>\n

Beautiful You<\/em> embodies this attachment to home in many different ways throughout the album. Even though the three of them have different notions of the concept, it all blends together seamlessly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still great to look across at each other and know where we are going to go with the music,\u201d says Donna. \u201cThat has never changed. And we get along better now than we ever have.\u201d<\/p>\n