THE WAEVE

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The duo and album were first announced 20 April 2022 along with a standalone single called "Here Comes the Waeve". [4] [5] They also announced a second standalone single, "Something Pretty", on that day; the single was released on 5 May. [4] [6] Four more singles were released prior to the album: "Can I Call You" on 6 September, [7] "Drowning" on 24 October, [8] "Kill Me Again" on 29 November, [9] and "Over and Over" on 19 January 2023. [10] Music videos were released for "Can I Call You" and "Kill Me Again", both directed by David J. East. [9] [11] Campbell, Lee (23 January 2023). "The WAEVE are drawing out the blood and guts of their influences". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 5 February 2023. a b Trendell, Andrew (20 April 2022). "Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall team up to form the Waeve". NME . Retrieved 5 February 2023. Trendell, Andrew (20 April 2022). "Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall team up to form The WAEVE". NME . Retrieved 5 February 2023.

Rettig, James (6 September 2022). "The Waeve – "Can I Call You" ". Stereogum . Retrieved 5 February 2023. if the mood’s often ‘tasteful’ – a pejorative word previously used flippantly by Coxon to describe Dougall’s tastes – that’s never such that refined classiness can’t accommodate more mischievous tendencies.

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Broadcast purists might be annoyed by how much the WAEVE borrow from the much-lamented Birmingham experimentalists, down to Dougall’s delivery of the word “surrender” on “Undine,” which comes straight from the Trish Keenan school of detached seduction. But Dougall has the songwriting talent to pull it off: Her 2017 solo album Stellular joined lovelorn synth-pop with Broadcast-esque dreaminess to enchanting effect. Add the saxophone and Coxon’s naively charming vocals, which share the limelight with Dougall’s Keenan-ian tone, and the WAEVE become a far more intriguing beast: a band with its own distinct musical palette.

Kelly, Mark (1 April 2023). "Blur's Graham Coxon & Rose Elinor Dougall offer up "Something Pretty" ". Brighton and Hove News . Retrieved 22 July 2023.On 20 April 2022, the duo announced their first show as the Waeve at the Lexington in Islington, London on 4 May. [13] They later added a second show at the Lexington on 6 May. [14] On 21 April, The Great Escape Festival announced their lineup which included the Waeve playing on 12 May along with fellow Transgressive Records acts including Mykki Blanco and Let's Eat Grandma. [15] The duo were joined by the Electric Soft Parade drummer Thomas White, bassist Joe Chilton, and multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Glasson who played violin, keyboard, and a saxophone duet with Coxon during the song "Big Idea". [16] [17] Their set was the best-attended of the night and was reviewed positively by The Arts Desk 's Thomas H. Green. [16] On 24 October, the band announced their first tour of the UK for March 2023, including shows at Manchester's Band on the Wall and Leeds' Brudenell Social Club. [18] The band also played Primavera Sound in May and June and Vieilles Charrues Festival in July. [19] [20] Style [ edit ] a b c d e f Seaman, Duncan (23 February 2023). "The Waeve: 'Some of the songs went on forever and are still probably going somewhere' ". The Yorkshire Post . Retrieved 30 March 2023.

Redfern, Mark (19 January 2023). "The Waeve (Rose Elinor Dougall + Graham Coxon) Share New Song "Over and Over" ". Under the Radar . Retrieved 5 February 2023. On 20 April 2022, The Waeve officially went public by announcing that they would be playing their first live show and releasing their debut single, "Something Pretty", the following month. [5]For all their focus on space, the WAEVE don’t shy away from lush, cinematic arrangements, with half of the songs stretching over six minutes. ‘Drowning’ counters its dreaminess with a portentous sense of dread, layering instruments to the point of cacophony; the interplay between the duo’s voices, meanwhile, has never been more thrilling. But there are moments that don’t spring to life in the same way, drawing attention to lyrics that can feel trite in their apocalyptic reflections. The robotic post-punk of ‘Someone Up There’, with its chorus of “You’ve lost your power/ It’s all gone sour,” feels labored, even if its spikiness is refreshing in the context of the album. And though their voices once again complement each other on ‘Over and Over’, the song is so languid that it seems to lose faith in its own message: “Still we grow older and older and older/ But something feels new/ Constantly changing forever.” a b c d Campbell, Lee (25 January 2023). "The Waeve are drawing out the blood and guts of their influences". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 5 February 2023. Graham Coxon, Rose Elinor announce first single and gig as the Waeve". Live4ever. 20 April 2022 . Retrieved 30 March 2023.