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Feb 14, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Kalpesh Lathigra

The WAEVE—aka Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon—have announced a new EP, Eternal EP, and shared its first single, “Love Is All Pain,” via a music video. Simeon Leeder directed the song’s video, which was shot on black & white Super-8 film in London. Watch it below, followed by the EP’s tracklist and cover artwork.

Eternal EP follows City Lights, a new album the band released last year via Transgressive (stream it here). It was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2024. Last month The WAEVE also released City Lights Sessions, a live album recorded live in the studio (stream that below).

The band shared the album’s title track, “City Lights,” in May. It was one of our Songs of the Week. When the album was announced in June, they shared its second single, “You Saw,” via a music video. It was also one of our Songs of the Week. Then they shared its third single, “Broken Boys,” along with a live performance video for the song. “Broken Boys” was #1 on our Songs of the Week list. When City Lights was released, both “Druantia” and “Song For Eliza May” made our Songs of the Week list, with “Druantia” at #1.

City Lights is the band’s sophomore album and follows the duo’s self-titled debut album, which was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2023.

As with their debut album, James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence & The Machine, Foals, HAIM) produced City Lights. As with their last album, the album features Coxon on saxophone, among other instruments.

Coxon and Dougall first met backstage at a charity concert in London in 2020 and soon the idea was hatched for them to collaborate.

“I didn’t know when I was going to work again or try writing again until Rose came out and said, ‘How about we try writing together?’” said Coxon in a press release announcing City Lights.

“When I listen to the first album, I can hear me and Graham getting to know each other through making the record,” said Dougall.

They not only hit off musically, but romantically, falling in love and having a baby daughter together, Eliza, who was born in August 2022.

The WAEVE were interviewed in Issue 71 of our print magazine (get it here).

Dougall was also one of the artists on the cover of our special 20th Anniversary print issue, where you can read an exclusive interview with her.

Dougall released her last solo album, A New Illusion, her third, in April 2019 via Vermillion (it was our Album of the Week and one of our Top 100 Albums of 2019). She was also previously in The Pipettes.

Read our interview with Dougall on A New Illusion.

Also read our interview with Dougall on her all-time favorite album.

Plus read our review of A New Illusion.

Coxon’s last solo album was 2012’s A+E, but he’s kept busy with soundtrack work, including releasing two albums of songs and score from the acclaimed TV show The End of the F***ing World and his 2021 score to the comic book Superstate. His memoir, Verse, Chorus, Monster!, got a U.S. release in 2023 via Faber Books. Blur also released a new album in 2023, The Ballad of Darren.

Eternal EP Tracklist:

1. Eternal
2. It’s The Hope That Kills You
3. Love Is All Pain

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