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The Special Relationship

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RADIO SESSIONS

Four songs and an interview recorded at the legendary Maida Vale studios for the Huw Stephens show on BBC radio1
Click here to listen to our Radio 1 session on thespecialrelationship.co.uk

Four songs and a live interview recorded as John Kennedy's "One Night Stand" for his Xposure show
Click here to listen to our XFM session on thespecialrelationship.co.uk

RELEASES

We released Tearing Your Heart Out as a download on independent label Shifty Disco . Please support us by buying a copy, its only 99p!
Click here to buy 'Tearing Your Heart Out' from Shifty Disco/OMN

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Member Since: 3/19/2006
Band Website: thespecialrelationship.co.uk
Band Members:
Guitar/Vox - Richard Netley

Bass - Ivan Berry

Drums - Nicolas Torres Vigoya
Sounds Like: “I was completely blown away, I think this is really rather impressive... Superb stuff... Global super-stardom is just around the corner... Ones to watch."
John Kennedy - XFM

"Excellent! A really exciting new band... really promising. We think they're ace."
Huw Stephens - BBC Radio 1

"Beautiful stuff! This lyrically scathing track (Tearing Your Heart Out) from Leatherhead rockers The Special Relationship has that special zing, that indescribable pop energy that so many bands attempt to hit but ultimately fall well short of. Get them signed up now industry schmos! What a chorus!"
Jon Hillcock - XFM / New Noise Podcast

"Quite possibly the most exciting thing to happen to alternative music since the formation of Pavement. For once you can justly believe the hype."
Al Murray - OIB Records

"Even on first listen their songs sound clearly different from each other; each a well-defined gem of such quality that all the tracks they played were like the big hit-single finales of other up-and-coming bands."
Rocklouder.co.uk

"All the right bods [John Kennedy, Huw Stephens] are sitting up for these fine fellas, and a cursory listen shows why…intelligent jazzbo pop that could show Guillemots the door and usher in a new pop fragility quite needed round these ‘ere parts….XTC circa ‘Mummer' would be a good way in. And The Velvets third album…and who amongst you recalls Murray The Hump whilst wiping away a tear or two….Fine stuff."
Bugbearbookings.com

"An amazing band in its infancy, still in the underground but surely on the cusp of breaking into massive mainstream success. The Special Relationship. Remember that name if you want to listen to a band with real substance."
Checkoutgigs.com

"Kooba could say they’re a magic blend of the Pixies and Modest Mouse, but Kooba WILL say “But oh they’re so much more”."
Kooba Radio

TSR @ The Pearce Entertainment Studio

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TSR Recording 'Tearing Your Heart Out' @ The Pearce Entertainment Studio with production team 'Richard Wilkinson and 'Emo' Dan Morrison (The Magic Numbers, Jamie T, The Holloways).
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My Blog

Voting time - ’New Slang’ - Please Help!

Hello everyone,I wonder if you wouldn't mind doing us a big favour and going here: http://www.banquetrecords.com/index.jsp?section=209 and voting for us to do this show at the end of the year?You can ...
Posted by The Special Relationship on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:39:00 PST

Shifty Disco show Monday 24/9

Right,Its a Shifty Disco special! Next monday, the 24th of September at The Dublin Castle (map).Its with the ever awesome The Cages, AND the somewhat delightful, and excellent second album releasing, ...
Posted by The Special Relationship on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:44:00 PST

Last minute New Cross show THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!!!

Thats right folks,If any of you were planning to make the pilgrimage to the Putney gig tomorrow - DON'T! Due to events out of our control, this show has been cancelled... BUT, its been replaced by Gig...
Posted by The Special Relationship on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:20:00 PST

Internet Radio / Gig tie-in!

HI!On the 31st of August we will be appearing at The Fox & Firkin in Lewisham courtesy of those fine folks at Kooba Radio!Also, Kooba have been gratious enough to be playing our songs on the stati...
Posted by The Special Relationship on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:47:00 PST

Whats up(date)?

Hey foo's!TSR has been chilling out and enjoying the sunshine this week! If by sunshine, we mean soul-destroying rain, that is!We gots some London gigs coming up:2nd August at the Halfmoon Putney &...
Posted by The Special Relationship on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:24:00 PST

Recording / Playing / Updating (you)

Ooh 'ello,UPDATEWe're booking some shows at the moment - look! one of them is on our myspace page. It is at the end of August in Lewisham, which is a p...
Posted by The Special Relationship on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:19:00 PST

Radio Sessions now available for streaming - have a listen!

Hello friends, We finally managed to record our Xposure 'One Night Stand' session off the sky + box, and I have added it to the media page of thespecialrelationship.co.uk. So, you know, go check th...
Posted by The Special Relationship on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:30:00 PST

REMINDER - Guildford Super Gig next Saturday!

Check out this mental poster for the Guildford show, which was fashioned by the l33t GFX ninja Dan Allen: Here's the deets: OIB Records presents: The Special Relationship My Device Lonely Ghosts ...
Posted by The Special Relationship on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:07:00 PST

Thursday Night - STAY IN!!!

Hey guys, whats shaking?Don't go out this thursday night (10th) - or if you do, just go driving so you can listen to XFM 104.9 between 10pm-1am.We will be appearing on John Kennedy's Xposure show, whe...
Posted by The Special Relationship on Tue, 08 May 2007 02:18:00 PST

3 cool dudes & 1 hot one...

Hey dudes, Here's a pic of us with XFM's John Kennedy from last weekend's gig at The Social, where he graciously allowed us to play! Everyone looking like they're having a good time (except me - my ...
Posted by The Special Relationship on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:46:00 PST