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The Relationships are purveyors of tweedy psychedelia and sparkling power pop from Oxford, England. In 2009 they released their third album Space, one of four simultaneous releases on the Oxford label Big Red Sky.
The Relationships were conceived in late 1994 when Richard and Pete from Oxford pop sensation The Anyways teamed up with ex-Razorcut Angus, reviving a partnership that had commenced in the legendary mid 80s combo Here Comes Everybody (home also to future Talulah Gosh/Heavenly guitar man Pete Momtchiloff). Strumming guitars and doing crosswords in a damp East Oxford basement, the original trio - Ramage/Stevenson/Lock - wrote a few songs and came up with their semi-anagrammatic new name. The Relationships. (It was either that or Slack Games No Never).
They came to the attention of the California-based Anglophiles at Twee Kitten, who put out the 1998 EP 'Country Catalogue' and the 2000 album Trend, which featured guest appearances from Amelia Fletcher of Heavenly and Andy Bell of Ride/Oasis. Pete Lock then departed and a stabilized line-up of Richard Ramage (vocal, guitar), Andy Smith (bass), Angus Stevenson (lead guitar), and Tim Turan (drums) released the album Scene in 2005 on the Trailer Star Records label of Nottingham, England.
In 2008 the band recorded their third album at their usual hangout Dungeon Studios. The album is called Space and was released in June 2009 on Big Red Sky Records of Oxford. BRS was formed by Martin Newton and Katherine Hieronymus of My Friend Rachel, whose album came out at the same time. Also released are albums by our chums Les Clochards and Grant.
The album Space is available on Amazon, CD Baby, or www.oxfordmusic.net , who also have a bargainous two-for-price-of-one offer on our first two albums. Click on album covers to buy Space, Scene, and Trend, or to email us click here.
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