I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away (album)
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| Released | June 6, 2025 | |||
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| Length | 28:50 | |||
| Label | Mexican Summer | |||
| Producer | Scott Hirsch | |||
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I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away is the fifth studio album by American fingerstyle guitarist and avant-garde musician Hayden Pedigo. It was released on June 6, 2025, through Mexican Summer, in vinyl, CD and digital formats.[2][3]
Background
The album, consisting of eight tracks with a total runtime of approximately thirty minutes, succeeds Pedigo's 2023 project, The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored.[3] It was produced, mixed, and recorded by Scott Hirsch, and mastered by Stephan Mathieu.[1]The first single of the album was released on April 8, 2025, titled "Long Pond Lily".[4] Pedigo refers to the album as the final installment in his "The Motor Trilogy", consisting of the album and its two predecessors.[4] The title track was released as the second and final single on May 7, 2025.[5]
The album is named after an episode of American television series Little House on the Prairie of the same name.[6]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| Beats Per Minute | 75%[7] |
| Clash | 8/10[8] |
| Pitchfork | 8.3/10[9] |
| Uncut | [10] |
AllMusic's Timothy Monger referred to the album as "another quiet gem from an artist in the full bloom of his talents".[2] Nathan Skinner of Beats Per Minute gave the album a score of 75%, stating "Along these lines, there are characteristics of a hauntological record sprinkled throughout I'll Be Waving – sounds pining for a mythical landscape that will never return (and arguably never even existed)."[7] Uncut's Stephen Deusner rated the album eight out of ten and remarked, "These compositions are crammed with imaginative flourishes, like the electric guitar that adds a poignant psychedelia to 'Long Pond Lily'."[10]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Hayden Pedigo.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Long Pond Lily" | 4:26 |
| 2. | "All the Way Across" | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Smoked" | 5:18 |
| 4. | "Houndstooth" | 3:52 |
| 5. | "Hermes" | 3:40 |
| 6. | "Small Torch" | 3:22 |
| 7. | "I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away" | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 28:50 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[1]
- Hayden Pedigo – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric piano, arrangements
- Scott Hirsch – production, recording, mixing, bass, synthesizer, EBow guitar, cymbals, arrangements
- Nathan Bieber – violin, string arrangements
- Noah Kittinger – strings recording and engineering
- Stephan Mathieu – mastering
- Jens Kuross – piano on "All the Way Across"
- Nicole Lawrence – pedal steel on "Ill Be Waving as You Drive Away"
- Jonathan Phillips – album cover painting
- Ryan Giesbrecht – back cover photo
- Alex Tults – layout, design
References
- ^ a b c I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away (Media notes). Hayden Pedigo. Mexican Summer. June 6, 2025.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b c Monger, Timothy. "I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away". AllMusic. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- ^ a b Murray, Robin (April 8, 2025). "Hayden Pedigo Announces New Album I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away". Clash. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- ^ a b Chelosky, Danielle (April 8, 2025). "Hayden Pedigo Announces New Album I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away: Hear "Long Pond Lily"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- ^ Chelosky, Danielle (May 8, 2025). "Hayden Pedigo Shares New Song "I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away": Listen". Stereogum. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- ^ Fitzmaurice, Larry. "Hayden Pedigo on Bladee, Working With Chat Pile, and Giving It All You've Got". Last Donut of the Night. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ^ a b Skinner, Nathan (June 6, 2025). "Album Review: Hayden Pedigo – I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- ^ "Hayden Pedigo - I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away". Clash. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
- ^ "Hayden Pedigo: I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
- ^ a b Deusner, Stephen (July 2025). "I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away". Uncut. p. 33.