Elles Bailey Releases New Single 'Hole In My Pocket' And Announces New Album

Elles Bailey Releases New Single ‘Hole In My Pocket’ And Announces New Album

Photo: Elles Bailey by Rob Blackham, Hole In My Pocket

Elles Bailey releases her new single and video “Hole In My Pocket” from her new album Shining In The Half Light Deluxe Edition, featuring two new originals, two covers and five live tracks. The album is set to release March 17, 2023.

Multi award-winner, Elles Bailey may well have picked up two awards from the prestigious UK Americana 2023 Awards (the highly coveted Artist of the Year Award) and the very first Live Act of the Year Award and have been shortlisted for three awards at the forthcoming UK Blues Awards 2023 but she’s not standing still, basking in acclaim: this ever-creative, hardworking, genre-topping artist is moving forwards and releasing fresh material.

“Hole In My Pocket” is a blues-inspired roots rocker, flush with Motown bass lines and soulful guitar riffs. With her rich, soulful vocals, Elles Bailey works her magic on her new single, revealing how smoothly Bailey transcends the lines between blues, roots-rock and Americana. The video shows Elles and her band in the studio performing this moody, rocking number.

Watch “Hole In My Pocket”

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“What a year, what a story, what an epic journey!” says Elles. “Thank you for joining me on it. So many of you have asked for a deluxe version of ‘Shining in the Half Light’ including some live tracks from the record’s playlist. So, I got the whole cast together to record 5 of the tracks live at The Pool. It has been the one and only time we have been able to get the Shining in the Half Light crew all together in one room: a very special moment indeed, particularly in light of the experiences of the last few years. But it felt like it wasn’t enough; that we still had more of the story to tell.”

Elles continues. “To do that, the band and I headed back to Devon in December 2022 — to Middle Farm Studios – exactly two years to date since the original recording —and there we tracked two new originals and two covers. These we recorded and mixed live to tape with no computers at all: a complete first for me and part of a beautiful learning curve.”

Elles wrote “Hole In My Pocket” with Matt Owens (co-founder of indie kids Noah and the Whale) and the track was co-produced by Elles Bailey, Peter Miles and Elles’ touring band: Joe Wilkins on guitar; Jonny Henderson on ivories’ Matthew Waer on bass duties; and Matthew Jones on drums.

“I think these tracks showcase this incredible band at their finest,” Bailey adds. “It was a real blessing to make these tracks all together. It wasn’t about creating a ‘perfect’ recording, but about capturing a little spark of musical magic. I can’t wait for you to hear them.”