The WAEVE

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.