The WAEVE on how their family life and “the horrors of the world” shaped new album ‘City Lights’
nme.comThe WAEVE‘s Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall have spoken to NME about how raising a daughter together shaped not only their view of the world, but their second album ‘City Lights’.The Blur guitarist and Pipettes singer’s second studio album swiftly follows the couple’s 2023 self-titled debut, and comes driven by what Dougall referred to “a bit more sleep deprivation”.
It is inspired by their lives with young daughter, Eliza May – who has a song in her honour on the record.“We felt that we’d built a bit of momentum up with the first one, and wanted to be sure that it didn’t drop off,” Dougall told NME. “It’s the hardest thing ever, when you’ve got a blank page in front of you.
If you leave that to fester too long it can become a bit insurmountable. It was helpful for us – especially in the midst of having a new baby – to not completely lose sight of that side of ourselves.“Graham is great at keeping that motion happening, and initiating the beginnings of what would be the next record.
It just sort of formed on its own steam.”Check out our full interview below, where the duo tell us about juggling their band with family life and being on the road with Blur, the state of the world, and the nerves that came with supporting former Britpop rival Noel Gallagher.NME: Hello Graham and Rose.
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