After the release of her highest charting album to date last year Elles Bailey is back with a brand new album “Can’t Take My Story Away” set to be released on 16th January 2026 via Cooking Vinyl and Outlaw Music. Produced by Luke Potashnick and recorded with a lineup of musicians separate from her live band, the eleven tracks of “Can’t Take My Story Away” were created over a three-year period, using songs whose origins can be traced back almost 10 years.
“There’s definitely an empowerment to this record,” Bailey says. “I feel like that has actually evolved since I first started making it – as though I was a different person.” She continues, “there 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, there’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.”
The album is available to pre-order on multiple formats including CD, CD Zine, Coloured Vinyl and cassette – with signed copies also available via this link.
The album’s first single comes in the form of ‘Growing Roots’. A groove filled track, the shimmer and sway of the instrumentation take a backseat to Bailey’s raw, soulful vocals. “The track is a love song about finding your person—the one who makes you want to set aside your gypsy heart and finally settle down,” she says “It’s about choosing to put down roots and to grow together but it is also about what that person teaches you, who you are when you’re with them, and the beauty of truly living in the moment.” You can find the video at the foot of this piece.
Bailey and her regular band will head out on a run of German and UK dates in February and March 2026 to support the record. You can see the shows listed below and access tickets here.
Elles Bailey German & UK dates 2025:
Fri Feb 20th – Stuttgart, Im Wizemann
Sat Feb 21st – Munich, Ampere
Sun Feb 22nd – Nuremberg, Hirsch
Mon Feb 23rd – Aschaffenburg, Colas-Saal
Thu Mar 19th – London, Islington Assembly Hall
Fri Mar 20th – Warwick, Arts Centre
Sat Mar 21st – Bristol, Electric
Tue Mar 24th – Manchester, Band on the Wall
Wed Mar 25th – Glasgow, St Luke’s
Thu Mar 26th – Gateshead, Glasshouse 2
