THE WAEVE

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Here Comes the Waeve" - Single by the Waeve". Apple Music. 20 April 2022 . 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.The WAEVE - composed of Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall – release their eponymous debut album, out 3rd February 2023 on Transgressive Records. 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.” Taylor, Sarah (2 February 2023). "Album Review: The Waeve - The Waeve". Gigwise . Retrieved 3 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. Redfern, Mark (3 February 2023). "The Waeve — Stream the Debut Album From Rose Elinor Dougall and Graham Coxon's New Band". Under the Radar . Retrieved 30 March 2023.

Mason, Julia (21 April 2022). "The Great Escape (11 – 12 May) unveils full festival and conference schedule". God Is in the TV . Retrieved 30 March 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] Green, Thomas H (2 February 2023). "Album: The Waeve - The Waeve". The Arts Desk . Retrieved 3 February 2023.Pearis, Bill (3 February 2023). "Graham Coxon & Rose Elinor discuss the inspirations behind The Waeve's debut LP". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved 3 February 2023.