The WAEVE
Combining modular synth, saxophone, and a medieval lute, Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall create an album of pastoral disquiet and itchy post-punk edge.
Constantly innovative and restless, The Waeve makes for that perfect spirit of collaboration.
Discover The Waeve by The Waeve released in 2023. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
If the promise of the sprightly kaleidoscopic and exciting new, non-album debut single, “Something Pretty”—from The WAEVE, the collaborative effort of oddly paired trailblazing artists Graham Coxon (Blur) and Rose Elinor Dougall (formerly of The Pipettes)—was indicative of the musical creations for this coupling, then the album portended to be an unforgettable instant classic.
The WAEVE is the brainchild of Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall, a project born of the immobility lockdown caused; a grey, endless landscape that did
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The debut album from Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur's Graham Coxon mingles the vital with the wafting. Review by Thomas H Green.