The Waeve - The Waeve

After mastering solo life, which arguably culminated in two fine albums in the mid-2000s (2004’s Happiness In Magazines and Love Travels At Illegal Speeds in 2006), erstwhile Blur guitarist Graham Coxon has since turned his hand to alternative projects.

Now, after providing the soundtrack to coming-of-age dramas (The End Of The F**king World) and, wonderfully, a graphic novel (Superstate), follows a formal collaborative album.

At least in principle that’s what The Waeve is, yet the simplification hugely understates the concept. Uniting with Rose Elinor Dougall (formerly of The Pipettes and a one-time foil to Mark Ronson), whose presence seems to have galvanized Coxon, the duo have produced a piece of work hugely ambitious in scale and expansive in scope.

Yet on first listen it’s quite overwhelming. Where last year’s standalone single ‘Something Pretty’ was easy to digest, the ten tracks on this self-titled album veer from one sound to another with little warning.

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