Rich Ragany - "You Can Get Dark With Me" - 10-track CD album housed in a digisleeve.

*Barrel And Squidger Records proudly present "You Can Get Dark With Me", the all-new solo studio album from Role Models/Digressions frontman Rich Ragany, featuring a guest appearance from Ken Mochikoshi-Horne of Los Angeles punk legends The Bronx / Mariachi El Bronx *

The last few years has seen the Calgary, Canada born, New York City seasoned, and now UK based songsmith, Rich Ragany, build up quite a reputation with his various bands of rock n’roll trailblazers, The Role Models, The Loyalties and most recently, Rich Ragany & The Digressions.

Rich's songs have won over the hearts of many, most recently with the critically-acclaimed albums "Beyond Nostalgia & Heartache" and "What We Do (To Not Let Go)" gaining considerable airplay on BBC Introducing, and rave reviews and features from the likes of Classic Rock, Vive Le Rock, Louder Than War and Powerplay etc.

Rich over the years has shared stages with the likes of Ramones, Bad Brains, SNFU, Rammstein, Oasis, The Lemonheads, Warrior Soul, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Whitfield Crane, Ginger Wildheart, The Professionals, Steve Conte (New York Dolls)... as well as each band packing out venues in their own right.

All this experience and resulting attention has brought him to signing a deal with Barrel And Squidger Records (who have released music by CJ Wildheart, Massive Wagons, members of Status Quo and Sex Pistols) with a brand new album titled "You Can Get Dark With Me"

Rich describes the new album:

After the big dramatic production of The Digressions' albums I wanted to create something more personal... a world of its own.

So I decided to deconstruct to reconstruct.

Every song is a mix of home recording, from the first day of writing each song, and proper studio stuff, to keep a real personal “straight from the moment of inspiration" feel… but have a sonically and emotionally expanded spirit as well.

Guitars recorded on the fly in my bathroom as I wrote, in real time. Mostly acoustic, later taken and manipulated to sound "electric" (inspired by the Stones' similar sonic experiments on Street Fighting Man). Backing vocals done on the spot... some of these literally recorded on a phone mic in my bathroom.

I then took all this to my trusted friend and talented producer, Andy Brook and added big studio-grade bass and drums via the talented duo of Simon Maxwell and Ricky McGuire... and experimented some more.

Then JUNO and Canadian Country Music Award winning producer (and another old friend and brother) Russell Broom got involved in a few tracks. Travelling back to my early home of Calgary and recording with him really brought things full circle.

The first preview single "A Pleasant Fiction" has a very special guest as well. One of my favourite guitarists, Ken Mochikoshi-Horne of Los Angeles punk legends The Bronx.

So... songs that started out so simple and solitary had travelled quite far.

In its own world… reaching out now…

RICH RAGANY - Lead And Harmony Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Piano and Keyboards

With…
SIMON MAXWELL - Drums And Percussion
RICKY MCGUIRE - Bass

And…
KEN MOCHIKOSHI-HORNE - Additional guitar on “A Pleasant Fiction”

Produced by Andy Brook and Rich Ragany.
Mixed by Andy Brook at The Brook London UK.
Recorded In Rich's bathroom and The Brook London U.K.
Mastered by Graeme Lynch at Two Zero Nine Mastering.

Cover Design: Dave Longford-Kerr

Songs and lyrics by Rich Ragany

Presales begin on Friday, April 26th (Rich's birthday)... Each pre purchase will come with a free download of the song "A Pleasant Fiction" (featuring Ken Mochikoshi-Horne of The Bronx joining Rich on guitar)

Album Release June 14th

Album Release Parties:
June 14th Huddersfield The Parish
https://parishpub.co.uk/gigs/685/

June 15th London The Black Heart
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/609002

A free, instantly-downloadable .WAV file of new track "A Pleasant Fiction" with all pre-orders of the Rich Ragany album "You Can Get Dark With Me".