A year on from their acclaimed eponymous debut album, The WAEVE is back with City Lights, a collection of 10 songs that illustrate the evolution of their collaborative musicianship and sees the band’s sound solidified into something bolder, more expansive and self-assured.
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The coming together of two musicians who, through working together have formed a new, singular, sonic identity. A powerful elixir of cinematic British folk-rock, post-punk, organic song-writing and freefall jamming. Themes of oblivion and surrender are juxtaposed with suggestions of hopefulness and light. Against a brutal global backdrop of impending apocalypse and despair, Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall strive to free themselves through the defiant optimism of making music.
With the release of their acclaimed eponymous debut album in February 2023, The WAEVE established themselves as a songwriting partnership to watch, with a body of work that was “…ambitiously structured, lovingly arranged… unhurriedly crafted songs full of bona fide thrills, unexpected twists, and an elegant but never gratuitous grandeur.” (UNCUT); a collection of tracks… ”Cinematic in scope, often luscious in its arrangements, it’s a singular gem.” (DIY).
Now, after a year of touring and studio sessions, The WAEVE are back with their sophomore studio album City Lights, 10 brand new tracks that illustrate the evolution of their collaborative musicianship, allowing this meeting of musical minds to further push the boundaries of their individual creativity.
