I’m not interested in the twee side of folk,” Dougall told NME. “We’re dealing with life and death and all that kind of thing. There’s a brutality to nature. It’s not all pastoral. Those are the visual things I feel that our music summons up.” 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. The WAEVE - composed of Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall – release their eponymous debut album, out 3rd February 2023 on Transgressive Records. 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.

Kelly, Mark (1 April 2023). "Blur's Graham Coxon & Rose Elinor Dougall offer up "Something Pretty" ". Brighton and Hove News . Retrieved 22 July 2023. Then, one day in very early January we found ourselves slipping and sliding around Hampstead Heath in the mud, with the low-lying sun blinding us as we talked about ourselves and our lives. Something about Rose’s good humour and bright mischief made me feel a certain kinship toward her. A deluxe version of the album was released on 27 March which includes four new songs. [12] Live [ edit ] 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. a b Trendell, Andrew (20 April 2022). "Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall team up to form the Waeve". NME . Retrieved 5 February 2023.

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Writing sessions involved the two playing whatever instruments they had around, focusing on physical instruments to avoid getting lost in the possibilities of their digital audio workstation's "vast library of synths". [3] While Dougall said "it just wouldn't be right" if the album didn't contain Coxon's guitar playing, it was his work on the saxophone, an instrument he is classically trained in, which "really helped to shape the multi-angled outline" of the album. Coxon engineered most of the album before the duo brought on James Ford to finish the record. Ford made significant changes such as replacing the duo's synthesiser recordings with real string instruments and adding other sounds including a flute. Other instruments on the record include a cittern and a six string bass once owned by Sly and the Family Stone's Larry Graham. Dougall took vocal inspiration from singers such as Anne Briggs, Sandy Denny and Karen Dalton. [2] Release [ edit ] Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. As both Dougall and Coxon are Pisceans and their complicated feelings towards Britain inspired their music with numerous references in the lyrics to water and sea, they decided to call themselves The Waeve using the old English spelling. [4] Going public and releasing The Waeve (2022–present) [ edit ]

Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall first met in 2004 during a gig at Islington's the Buffalo Bar, in which Coxon was an attendee and Dougall was performing with the Pipettes. However, a brief chat and Dougall convincing Coxon to buy her a quadruple brandy and coke was the extent of that encounter. [2] Graham Coxon, Rose Elinor announce first single and gig as the Waeve". Live4ever. 20 April 2022 . Retrieved 30 March 2023. On 6 September 2022, The Waeve shared details of their upcoming self-titled debut album while also releasing the first single from it, "Can I Call You". [2] The second single "Drowning" followed on 24 October, along with an announcement of a U.K. tour scheduled for March 2023. [6] The Waeve then released third single "Kill Me Again" on 24 November 2022, [7] and on 19 January 2023 they put out "Over and Over Again", the fourth and final single leading up to the release of the album. [1]Coxon and Dougall combine forces, in other words, willing one another to take risks, basking in the ensuing, revelatory freedom, and studiously avoiding the temptations of what Lee Hazlewood called “girl boy songs”, with their narratives, double entendres and subversive stereotypes. There’s certainly no “Leather And Lace” here, and only one ‘traditional’ duet, the polished, doo-wop flavoured, out-of-character closer, “You’re All I Want To Know”, whose “ I ain’t letting you go-woah-woah-woah” motif is as likely to draw comparisons with John Travolta and Olivia Newton John as Patsy Cline. To be fair, neither’s terribly close. Taylor, Sarah (2 February 2023). "Album Review: The Waeve - The Waeve". Gigwise . Retrieved 3 February 2023.