The Waeve

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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]

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. Within a week we were recording. Our work was exploratory. Two people asked questions of each other, and as a consequence the void became less yawning. Music was created, and these two voices in the songs became two people: Rose and I.” A deluxe version of the album was released on 27 March which includes four new songs. [12] Live [ edit ] Jones, Damian (24 October 2022). "Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall's the Waeve announce 2023 UK tour and share new single". NME . Retrieved 30 March 2023. Kelly, Tyler Damara (27 March 2023). "The Waeve release deluxe version of self-titled debut album". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 30 March 2023.a b c 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. 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 ] 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]

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.”Rettig, James (6 September 2022). "The Waeve – "Can I Call You" ". Stereogum . Retrieved 5 February 2023. 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. The Waeve have cited Sandy Denny, John and Beverley Martyn, Kevin Ayers and Van der Graaf Generator as reference points for their debut album. [1] Band members [ edit ]