| I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away | ||||
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| Released | June 6, 2025 | |||
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| Genre | American primitivism | |||
| 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]
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]
| Review scores | |
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| 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]
All tracks are written by Hayden Pedigo.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 | |
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [1]
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