A New Illusion Rose Elinor Dougall SKU: VERMLP8 Barcode: 5053760047117 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Vermilion Released Date: 5th April 2019 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Two years on from the critically acclaimed Stellular, Rose Elinor Dougall returns with her third solo album A New Illusion. With a noticeable shift in dynamic A New Illusion sees Dougall looks into the abyss – the millennial-burnout, Brexit-apocalypse, those impossible disappointments of growing up in the 21st century Britain – singing quietly with piano, with guitar, and with a gentle fuck-it attitude. “I just wanted to sit at the piano and play, I wanted to return to something essential,” Dougall explains. “There’s something comforting and solid about that instinctive relationship with music, with playing and singing.” With that essential instinct, Dougall is aligning herself with the tradition of Sandy Denny, Bridget St John, Anne Briggs – English women who sang with proud fragility. “There’s something essential and earthy about them,” says Dougall. “there’s something more bloody about the way they sing.” It’s evocative of the English sweet-sharpness of Kirsty MacColl too – in the dreamy jangling pop lifted up by clear folk vocals and a minor-key melody. Lead single First Sign – online today – took shape during a trip to a remote part of Andalusia. “I was trying to cut loose from a situation, and this song is about vainly attempting to shake oneself free.” Sonically Dougall wanted to reflect the “sparseness and silence of the place in the sound of the track. I was looking for a loose, hazy feeling to the music to sit with the imagery of the song. I wanted it to sound like the end of summer.” There’s a darker rage on ‘Take What You Can Get’, with it’s plunging guitar riffs and panicky violin jags. The album skips and blurs between the public and the private realms. “There’s a lot of reflecting on quite a turbulent twenties that’s not necessarily resolving itself in my thirties.” ‘That’s Where the Trouble Started’ started as a conversation with a girlfriend, about how and why we allow dysfunctionality to continue. It’s about accepting responsibility, and trying to wear your fragility in a proud way.” Dougall takes the helm for the first time, directing the whole team and co-producing with old friend Matt Twaites. “This doesn’t have the same safety net as other things I’ve been involved in – it’s all on me. I’ve set myself new challenges, to see what happens.” The record features her brother Tom, also the lead singer in Toy, his bandmates Maxim Barron and Max Claps, Euan Hinshelwood and Joe Chilton of Younghusband, and other old friends from London, Brighton and Cornwall. “It does feel like a really nice group effort – I didn’t want to be over-prescriptive, so some of it is quite loose. I wanted to make it about musicianship.” A New Illusion is slower and more confident than her previous albums – the themes may be urgent but the sound is more relaxed. “I don’t feel the same angst about acknowledgement or approval. I decided to trust my instincts, to see if they connect with the world. I’ve been making music all my life, and this feels like a culmination of those experiences. I feel I’ve grown more fluent, more confident, more in charge that I have come closer to my natural sonic habitat.” Artist Rose Elinor Dougall Genre Folk Label Vermilion Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 1. Echoes 2. That’s Where the Trouble Starts 3. Wordlessly 4. New Illusion 5. Something Real 6. Take What You Can Get 7. First Sign 8. Too Much of not Enough 9. Christina in Red 10. Simple Things Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rose Elinor Dougall and more from Folk View Product Quick View Rose Elinor Dougall A New Illusion – Indies Only Folk | Vermilion | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 5th April 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rose Elinor Dougall A New Illusion – Indies Only £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Vermilion SKU: VERMLP8X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 5th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rose Elinor Dougall Stellular Rock And Pop | Vermilion | 1LP Released 27th January 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rose Elinor Dougall Stellular £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Vermilion SKU: VERMLP1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th January 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Elizabethan Session, The The Elizabethan Session Folk | Quercus Records | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 11th May 2015 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Elizabethan Session, The The Elizabethan Session £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Quercus Records SKU: QRLP001 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 11th May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nancy Priddy You’ve Come This Way Before Folk | Modern Harmonic / Sundazed | 1LP Released 21st February 2020 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nancy Priddy You’ve Come This Way Before £26.00 Genre: Folk Label: Modern Harmonic / Sundazed SKU: LPMH8044 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st February 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Smith The Living Kind Folk | Thirty Tigers | 1LP Released 15th March 2024 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Smith The Living Kind £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Thirty Tigers SKU: COMM07LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Luka Kuplowsky Stardust Folk | Mama Bird Recording Co. | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th November 2020 £16.00 - £18.00 Select options Luka Kuplowsky Stardust £16.00 - £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: Mama Bird Recording Co. Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th November 2020 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Breath, The Land of My Other Folk | Real World Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th October 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Breath, The Land of My Other £25.00 Genre: Folk Label: Real World Records SKU: LPRW251 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nancy Elizabeth Wrought Iron Folk | Leaf | Miscellaneous Released 1st October 2009 £12.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nancy Elizabeth Wrought Iron £12.00 Genre: Folk Label: Leaf SKU: BAY68V Formats: Miscellaneous Released Date: 1st October 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ralfe Band Son Be Wise Folk | Highline Records | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 7th June 2013 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ralfe Band Son Be Wise £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Highline Records SKU: HL020LP Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 7th June 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Friedemann Uhr Vs. Zeit Folk | Exile On Mainstream | 1LP Released 10th October 2023 £12.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Friedemann Uhr Vs. Zeit £12.00 Genre: Folk Label: Exile On Mainstream SKU: nn273776 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th October 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Declan O’Rourke Arrivals Folk | East West | 1LP Released 9th April 2021 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Declan O’Rourke Arrivals £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: East West SKU: 0190295139636 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Martyn Piece By Piece Folk | Universal Music | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 22nd January 2015 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Martyn Piece By Piece £26.00 Genre: Folk Label: Universal Music SKU: 4711742 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 22nd January 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Folk Start again
View Product Quick View Rose Elinor Dougall A New Illusion – Indies Only Folk | Vermilion | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 5th April 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rose Elinor Dougall A New Illusion – Indies Only £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Vermilion SKU: VERMLP8X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 5th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Rose Elinor Dougall Stellular Rock And Pop | Vermilion | 1LP Released 27th January 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rose Elinor Dougall Stellular £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Vermilion SKU: VERMLP1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th January 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Elizabethan Session, The The Elizabethan Session Folk | Quercus Records | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 11th May 2015 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Elizabethan Session, The The Elizabethan Session £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Quercus Records SKU: QRLP001 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 11th May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Nancy Priddy You’ve Come This Way Before Folk | Modern Harmonic / Sundazed | 1LP Released 21st February 2020 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nancy Priddy You’ve Come This Way Before £26.00 Genre: Folk Label: Modern Harmonic / Sundazed SKU: LPMH8044 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st February 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View John Smith The Living Kind Folk | Thirty Tigers | 1LP Released 15th March 2024 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Smith The Living Kind £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Thirty Tigers SKU: COMM07LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Luka Kuplowsky Stardust Folk | Mama Bird Recording Co. | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th November 2020 £16.00 - £18.00 Select options Luka Kuplowsky Stardust £16.00 - £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: Mama Bird Recording Co. Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th November 2020 Read More Select options
View Product Quick View Breath, The Land of My Other Folk | Real World Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th October 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Breath, The Land of My Other £25.00 Genre: Folk Label: Real World Records SKU: LPRW251 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Nancy Elizabeth Wrought Iron Folk | Leaf | Miscellaneous Released 1st October 2009 £12.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nancy Elizabeth Wrought Iron £12.00 Genre: Folk Label: Leaf SKU: BAY68V Formats: Miscellaneous Released Date: 1st October 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Ralfe Band Son Be Wise Folk | Highline Records | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 7th June 2013 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ralfe Band Son Be Wise £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Highline Records SKU: HL020LP Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 7th June 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
Nearly New View Product Quick View Friedemann Uhr Vs. Zeit Folk | Exile On Mainstream | 1LP Released 10th October 2023 £12.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Friedemann Uhr Vs. Zeit £12.00 Genre: Folk Label: Exile On Mainstream SKU: nn273776 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th October 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket
View Product Quick View Declan O’Rourke Arrivals Folk | East West | 1LP Released 9th April 2021 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Declan O’Rourke Arrivals £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: East West SKU: 0190295139636 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View John Martyn Piece By Piece Folk | Universal Music | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 22nd January 2015 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Martyn Piece By Piece £26.00 Genre: Folk Label: Universal Music SKU: 4711742 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 22nd January 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders