Elles Bailey releases her latest single, “1972,” from her stunning latest album, Beneath The Neon Glow, which charted at a career best #12 in the Official UK Album Chart last week
“1972” is a lively country-funk track inspired by the desire to embrace the present moment. Elles explains, “We live in a world where so much time is spent looking down at our phones or trying to capture an occasion through the lens that sometimes we forget to live in the moment. 1972 is joyful, almost tongue in cheek celebration of doing our best to live in the moment, perhaps like they did in 1972”.
Massive radio support has come from the likes of BBC Radio 2 Blues Show (inc exclusives and interview), BBC Radio 2 ‘New to 2’ playlist, Boom Radio, BBC Radio 4 Women’s Hourlive interview and performance, Planet Rock Radio playlist, Absolute Radio ‘Spotlight Artist of the Week’, a wealth of regional ILRs and online blues and country stations from the IBBA,multiple regional BBC stations including BBC Wales, BBC Ulster, BBC South East, BBC Bristol, BBC Devon & Cornwall, BBC World Service Top of the Pops Show and much, much more…
Early reviews have been glowing. As Mojo Magazine put it “Her rise and rise is inevitable – 4/5” “Brilliant” say The Daily Star. “She’s hit a new hooky sweet spot” Classic Rock Magazineproclaimed, the album is awarded 5/5 from Music News and RNR said “Perhaps a career best”, and Record Collector lauding the LP with four stars, Classic Rock mag 8/10, as well as Billboard featuring Elles, in addition to a double page spread from Music Week, the praise just keeps rolling in….
Along with the ever growing list of top mark reviews from the UK press, Elles has also got a long list of awards and nominations to her name picked up over the last few years:
•Artist of the Year – UK Americana Awards 2023
• Live Act of the Year – UK Americana Awards 2023
• Artist of the Year – The UK Blues Awards 2020/2021/2023
• Vocalist of the Year – UK Blues Awards 2023
• Album of the Year (Shining in the Half Light) – UK Blues Award 2023
• Nominated Artist of the Year – The UK Americana Awards 2022
• Nominated Vocalist of the Year – The UK Blues Awards 2022
• 2020 Live Album ‘Ain’t Nothing But’ nominated as Album of the Year and as ‘Most Inspirational Online Performance’ – The UK Blues Awards 2021
• ‘Little Piece of Heaven’ – Song of the Year – The UK Americana Awards 2020
• Album of the Year (‘Road I Call Home’) – UK Blues Awards 2020
Beneath The Neon Glow Tracklist:
1. Enjoy The Ride
2. Ballad of a Broken Dream
3. Leave The Light On
4. 1972
5. Silhouette In a Sunset
6. Truth Ain’t Gonna Save Us
7. If This Is Love
8. Let It Burn
9. Love Yourself
10. Turn off The News
After a summer diary full of festival appearances, including the likes of Cropredy, Beautiful Days and the world famous Glastonbury Festival on the Field of Avalon stage alongside the likes of Lulu, The Magic Numbers, Skindred, Frank Turner and many more, Elles will also head out on a huge UK headline tour later this year, which includes a date at London’s Islington Assembly Hall on November 2nd. Tickets on sale HERE. As well as a mammoth trek visiting the UK’s most celebrated record stores for a week’s worth of instore appearances from 10thAugust, full dates and tickets HERE
Wed 25th Sep – Lincoln Drill Hall
Thu 26th Sep – Norwich Waterfront
Fri 27th Sep – Cambridge Junction 2
Sat 28th Sep – Oxford Academy
Thu 10th Oct – Liverpool Arts Club The Loft
Fri 11th Oct – Carlisle Blues Festival
Sat 12th Oct – Gloucester Guild Hall
Sat 26th Oct – Bristol SXW
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Sat 2nd Nov – London Islington Assembly Hall
Sun 3rd Nov – Southampton Engine Rooms
Thu 14th Nov – Sunderland Fire Station
Fri 15th Nov – Edinburgh Cabaret Volitaire
Sat 16th Nov – Glasgow Oran Mor
Sun 17th Nov – Chester Live Rooms
Sat 30th Nov – Wolverhampton KK’s Steelmill
Sun 1st Dec – Leeds Brudenell
Fri 6th Dec – Belfast The Black Box
Sat 7th Dec – Dublin The Workman’s Club
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