Britpop stalwarts Blur have been back in the news lately with word of a handful of high-profile appearances in 2023, including spring’s Primavera Sound festival. But its members have been plenty busy with other projects; Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz just wrapped a North American tour, Dave Rowntree has a solo album called Radio Songs out in January, and now Graham Coxon hits our playlists with The WAEVE, a duo project that includes Rose Elinor Dougall, perhaps best known for her work in aughts indie-pop trio The Pipettes. (Shoot us a DM if you know what Alex James has been up to, yeah?)
Today (November 29), The WAEVE unveil their third single from debut forthcoming album, set for February 3 release via Transgressive Records. It’s called “Kill Me Again,” and it’s an off-center dose of art-rock and post-punk that has a certain hypnotic quality to it. There’s even a video, directed by David J. East.
The WAEVE say this rover of a tune “explores the feeling of non being or the sensation of shape shifting during intense pleasure, the battle of light to exist within the universe as it becomes increasingly influenced by dark forces. It’s a celebration of sexual agency and the power generated by the physical merging of entities, the power that brings into being and how it will overcome evil…”
We feel that.