Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougal’s The WAEVE share electrifying debut track, ‘Something Pretty’

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The WAEVE, the new project from Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall, have released their first track in the form of ‘Something Pretty’ – listen below.The Blur guitarist-turned-solo musician and the former Pipettes member-turned-Mark Ronson collaborator announced they’d teamed up to form a duo last month, confirming that music would soon be arriving via Transgressive Records.Last night (May 4), THE WAEVE played an intimate launch show at The Lexington in London and are due to return to the venue for a second headline performance tomorrow (May 6).An image of the setlist from yesterday’s gig showed that the group played a nine-song set that included ‘Can I Call You’, ‘Drowning’, ‘Sleepwalking’, ‘Kill Me Again’ and ‘Say Something Pretty’.Today (May 5), The WAEVE shared the latter cut as a standalone single. “Unplug the radio/ Unplug the TV/ Unplug the internet/ And while you’re there unplug me,” Coxon sings over a drum machine beat off the heels of electrifying guitar shreds.In the raw, defiant chorus, Coxon and Dougall declare in unison that they “wanna be out in the city” enjoying “something pretty” instead.

Tune in below:Superb debut show from @The_Waeve We didn't know what we were expecting but we loved it!More shows this year and the album next year.

Looking forward to it!@grahamcoxon @RoseDougall pic.twitter.com/aodfbN8esN— Blur Fan Club (@blurfanclub) May 5, 2022Ahead of last night’s debut gig, the duo said: “We are greatly looking forward to unleashing our new sound live at the Lexington.

We’ve been locked away, busy translating the varied sounds of our songs into a dynamic live show, with the help of some great musician friends.