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Elles Bailey – New Single, New Album: News

It’s all happening as Elles Bailey rings the changes as the new single puts a strut in the stride along side album AND tour news


Following the announcement of her forthcoming albumย Canโ€™t Take My Story Away,ย Ellesย Baileyย has released new single Take A Step Back – the second track to be taken fromย Canโ€™t Take My Story Away, which arrives on 16th January 2026 via Cooking Vinyl and Outlaw Music.ย 

FIRE, PLEASURE & PAIN

โ€œSometimes relationships can be all fire, all pleasure and all pain simultaneously and you either have to embrace it – or take a step back,โ€ย Ellesย says of the single. โ€œThis truly is one of my favourite moments on the album. I love the sound we captured in the room. Itโ€™s so live, so full of swagger, so soulful and yet equally just as playful. Itโ€™s definitely the kind of song that puts a strut in your stride.โ€ย 
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Produced by Luke Potashnick and recorded with a lineup of musicians separate from her live band, the eleven tracks ofย Canโ€™t Take My Story Awayย form the albumย that’s an honest and vulnerable glimpse intoย Ellesโ€™ story. The record was created over a three year period, using songs whose origins can be traced back almost 10 years,ย Canโ€™t Take My Story Awayย isย Ellesโ€™ life placed carefully together to form a kaleidoscopic story.ย 

EMPOWERING

โ€œThereโ€™s definitely an empowerment to this record,โ€ย Ellesย says. โ€œI feel like that has actually evolved since I first started making it โ€“ as though I was a different person.โ€ย She continues,ย โ€œthere is a quiet strength running through this album and a deep-rooted honesty and whilst there are some moments that reflect on some of the hardest chapters of my story, thereโ€™s a feeling of joy threaded through every note. It’s like a kind of light has found its way in, even in some of the darkest moments.โ€
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While this album marks a departure fromย Ellesโ€™ previous work and was recorded with new musicians, her long-standing touring band will return for all the live performances. They will head out on a run of UK and EU dates through February and March 2026 to support the record plus some low key in store appearances.

Instore Shows – January 2026


Fri 16th ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย London, Rough Trade West
Sat 17th ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  Oxford, Truck
Sat 17th ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  Leamington Spa, Temperance
Sun 18th ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  Leeds, Vinyl Whistle
Sun 18th ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  Liverpool, Jacaranda
Mon 19th ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  Bury, Wax & Beans
Tue 20th ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย Nottingham, Rough Trade
Wed 21st ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย Southampton, Vinilo
Wed 21st ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย Brighton, Resident
Thu 22nd ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  Marlborough, St Peters Church

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