Graham Coxon’s The WAEVE play homecoming gig at KOKO

The WAEVE, featuring Coxon and his partner Rose Elinor Dougall, release their three-track EP Eternal on March 14 and embark on a five-date mini-tour taking in a night at KOKO.

During the height of Britpop and the early noughties, Coxon was a familiar face around Camden Town – popping up playing intimate gigs at the Dublin Castle and his then local The Spread Eagle.

The WAEVE released their second studio album City Lights last September and embark on a mini tour of the UK this month. (Image: Transgressive Records/Kalpesh Lathigra) In recent years, he has moved to Muswell Hill and created a harmonic duet with Rose with two acclaimed albums The WAEVE in 2023, and last September’s City Lights.

Their new single Love Is All Pain features lush vocal harmonies alongside electro synths and is sure to feature on the band’s upcoming UK tour which kicks off in Glasgow on March 16 and visits Manchester (March 18), Sheffield (March 19) and Bristol (March 21) squeezing in a headline show at iconic venue KOKO on March 20.

The duo, who say their collaborative sound is a melding of ‘folk-rock, post-punk, organic song-writing and freefall jamming’, have also released Live from the City Lights Sessions.

The 10-track album, also out on Transgressive Records, was recorded in Crouch End Studios with a full live band.

Tickets for the KOKO gig on March 20 are now on sale at www.koko.co.uk