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.

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