Rich Ragany & The Digressions Reveal ‘We Can Hear Voices’ Video

After fronting, writing and putting out three albums in three years with Role Models, Canadian born, London located songwriter Rich Ragany 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 this month saw the release of their new album, Beyond Nostalgia & Heartache, that is out now on Story Highway Records and Tapes. The band has now released their new single, and album opening track, Sometimes We Can Hear The Voices, with a video that follows in a long tradition of ‘bands on the roof’ (The Beatles and The Replacements come to mind…), a heartfelt, inspiring song that is the perfect tonic for these unpredictable times. 

“This song is written from the perspective of someone who is leaving a home or situation in which they had suffered abuse. I wanted the mood to be very cinematic from the get-go and really uplifting and euphoric in the chorus, giving it the feel of freedom from that place. To show that, yes, even though those voices can still haunt you, you are free now. The title came from conversations about my experiences with all this and how I kinda find myself fighting those memories and (guitarist) Gaff said, “Yeah man… sometimes we can hear the voices…” That conversation… the friendship and understanding in it, made me grab the guitar as soon as I could and write the song,” (Rich Ragany)

Beyond Nostalgia & Heartache can be streamed and purchased via Bandcamp