‘Shining In The Half Light’ is the latest release from two-time UK Blues ‘Artist of the Year’ award winner Elles Bailey. Her third full album release, it features ten original tracks co-written with some of the best contemporary musicians and writers in the blues and Americana scene.
‘Cheats And Liars’ opens the album with a sultry blues stomp. The song itself takes a swipe at the lack of support for the arts by government during lockdown and the false promises made to the sector. Bailey’s voice is both passionate and powerful as she delivers the scathing message. Similarly, the message within the grinding blues of ‘Stones’ also makes it clear that Bailey is no one’s fool.
‘Sunshine City’ takes a lighter look at life in a radio-friendly rocker that immediately lifts the soul.
Bailey’s soulful influences abound on the gentle ‘Different Kind Of Love’ and the reflective ‘Riding Out The Storm’ while the acoustic ‘Halfway House’ sounds as if it came straight out of a Nashville recording studio.
With the title track rounding out the album, the listener is taken on a soulful trip into the lockdown experience, describing the life of the artist somewhat appropriately as ‘Shining In The Half Light’.
‘Shining In The Half Light’ is an album of many parts. Great music, soaring vocals, passion, and tenderness all combined with rock, blues, and soul to deliver a stunning release that thrills from start to finish.