Premiere | Ragland: Better to Be Lonely
Today we’re premiering a new single from Oklahoma based band, Ragland. Ragland was formed in 2015 by husband and wife, Autumn Ragland and Sam Cox. Although the band has gone through a few different versions of lineups and even taken a brief hiatus, they’re back and better than ever, playing shows all over the region and appearing on the Texas Radio charts. They’ve opened for everyone from The Damn Quails to Sunny Sweeney and you can catch them on the festival circuit this summer, including the local festival out of Tahlequah, Diamond Stone.
The single, “Better to Be Lonely,” leans more rock than Red Dirt, but that’s the beauty of a band like Ragland. They’re not trying to fit into any molds or genres. The new single is one that evokes a familiar feeling for me. It’s better to be lonely than to be miserable with someone who doesn’t listen, doesn’t care, and doesn’t value you or who you are. From the first notes of the guitar, accompanied by a rockin’ drum beat, the first verse nails the feeling of what it feels like when you know you’re with the wrong person. Autumn Ragland had this to say about the song, “It was promoted by the realization that it’s better to be alone than in a relationship that you are unhappy in. It was written from a romantic and platonic perspective.”
“You say you love me, but you never show love
You say you want me, but I’m always too much
So it shouldn’t be surprising that I
Started believing it’s better to be lonely
Yeah it’s better to be lonely”
This is the first radio single from the new album and sets the tone for what is sure to be a stellar release from Ragland.
The band has this to say about their music and the new album out in July, “We are excited to show everyone the new direction that Ragland is taking with our new music. We are taking everything that is “country” about Ragland and turning it up to 11, and we are also taking everything that’s “rock” about Ragland and doing the same. This album ranges from steel guitar to grunge guitar and singer-songwriter to rock n roll, and our first single “Better to Be Lonely” leans more towards the Americana - Rock side of things.
Listen to the first radio single from Ragland below:
