{"product_id":"radical-friendship-theory-radical-friendship-theory","title":"Radical Friendship Theory - Radical Friendship Theory","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"713\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"29\"\u003eRadical Friendship Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e was formed through a collection of like-minded musicians. \u003cstrong data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"106\"\u003eRobert Rotifer\u003c\/strong\u003e (singer-songwriter and guitarist\/bassist with everyone from \u003cstrong data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"202\"\u003eLouis Philippe \u0026amp; The Night Mail\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"223\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eSwansea Sound\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"244\"\u003eThe Penrose Web\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"268\"\u003ePapernut Cambridge\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"287\"\u003eKeiron Phelan\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"306\"\u003eFay Hallam\u003c\/strong\u003e's band) asked \u003cstrong data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"330\"\u003eKenji\u003c\/strong\u003e (formerly of sunshine poppers \u003cstrong data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"383\"\u003eFriedrich Sunlight\u003c\/strong\u003e, co-inventor of GlasGoesPop) why he wasn't singing in bands anymore, and it all ballooned from there into a luscious LP featuring, besides Robert \u0026amp; Kenji, post-Glam veteran \u003cstrong data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"572\"\u003eJohn Howard\u003c\/strong\u003e, young Viennese talent \u003cstrong data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"607\"\u003eThe Zew\u003c\/strong\u003e, living she-punk legend \u003cstrong data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"655\"\u003eHelen McCookerybook\u003c\/strong\u003e and everybody's favourite singing drummer \u003cstrong data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"712\"\u003eIan Button\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"961\"\u003eThe original idea was that Robert would write songs for Kenji's voice whose gorgeousness naturally guided him into a melodic baroque pop direction. Lyrically, too, a theme evolved about friendship, mutual encouragement and the state of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1241\"\u003eWhat started out as home made demos in unfamiliar keys grew into fully fledged arrangements. Everybody involved sings lead on a track or two and harmonies on everything, so the album itself is the musical embodiment of the Radical Friendship idea, not in theory but in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1685\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eRadical Friendship Theory is not a band, it's a lovingly realised set of songs in a wide range of styles and arrangements, from baroque pop to psych, from country rock to bookish indie, sung by a circle of friends between Glasgow, Kent, London, Berlin and southern Spain: a celebration of actual human, creative friendship as a life-saving alternative to a world of fake digital engagement, captive consumption and artificially sown division.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spinout Nuggets","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":58509470499161,"sku":"SDZ-48350","price":28.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58509470531929,"sku":"SDZ-48351","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/SHE_20260703_1600_150124_428_p_Outlook-a0fuuav0_3_001.jpg?v=1783334746","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/radical-friendship-theory-radical-friendship-theory","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}