Rich Ragany And The Digressions To Release New Album ‘Beyond Nostalgia & Heartache’

After fronting, writing and putting out three albums in three years with Role Models, The Canadian born, London based songwriter Rich Ragany has set out to expand his musical horizons and to find the right musicians to join him on that task. Finally settling on a line-up that includes members of Glitterati, Dedwardians, Desperate Measures, Hollywood Brats, UK Subs, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Role Models, Yo Yos, Mallory Knox and Seven Days And Doesn’t Die, the newly realised Rich Ragany And The Digressions released their debut album, Like We’ll Never Make It, in April 2019. With time and talent on their hands, Rich and the band used lockdown to get creative and wrote a new batch of songs. Files, ideas, and banter were sent flying across the digital highway and new songs quickly began to take shape. 

“Everyone did their parts at home over the bare bones ‘vocals and acoustic guitar’ demos I sent out.They would send what they had done back and forth and to our producer (and keyboardist) Andy Brook, who would then mix. The result was incredible, depth and colour with a cinematic feel. The demos themselves sounded great and inspired, so I knew we had a special album in the making. All of this really provided a way to keep us focused, it kept us in constant contact with all the banter, fun and excitement, during a time we couldn’t see each other.” (Rich Ragany)

In a break between lockdowns, the band headed to The Brook in Wallington, the studio where all the Role Models and the first Rich Ragany And The Digressions album were recorded, and got to work on their new album Beyond Nostalgia & Heartache. Rich Ragany And The Digressions are already working on tracks for another album and are, of course, desperate to get out and play this music. Beyond Nostalgia & Heartache will be available for pre-order for all digital platforms, CD and ‘Classic Black’ or ‘Flame Red’ vinyl from the 18th June and the the album will be released on the 25th June.