The WAEVE

Description

The WAEVE – composed of Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall – release their eponymous debut album in 2023. Joining creative forces, the self-titled release gave the duo the opportunity to push past their instrumental comfort zones. Many tracks feature Graham on saxophone, one of the first instruments he played as a young musician back in the ’80s. First single ‘Can I Call You’ starts as a ballad then morphs into a krautrock-style motorik number with a sprawling Coxon guitar solo. ‘All Along’ features Graham on cittern, a medieval folk lute. Rose plays piano and an ARP 2000 modular synth. The heavy weather all over ‘The WAEVE’ recalls the blustery folk rock of Sandy Denny or John & Beverly Martyn, while tracks such as ‘Kill Me Again’ and ‘Over and Over’ recall the ’70s rock of Kevin Ayers or Van der Graaf Generator, almost industrial in places.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Can I Call You – The WAEVE
2. Kill Me Again – The WAEVE
3. Over and Over – The WAEVE
4. Sleepwalking – The WAEVE
5. Drowning – The WAEVE
6. Someone Up There – The WAEVE
7. All Along – The WAEVE
8. Undine – The WAEVE
9. Alone and Free – The WAEVE
10. You’re All I Want to Know – The WAEVE