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410:(2008), THP – performed by Bec Wood & Beth Gibson only
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395:"Green Eyeliner" (7" vinyl reissue) (2006), Fierce Panda
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157:. After releasing three albums, they split up in 2008.
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374:"All Washed Up" (EP) (2002)
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290:Becky Wood (née Newman) –
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701:Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
404:"Somewhere" (2008), Purr
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559:Williams, Simon (2022)
518:Manchester Evening News
118:Becky Wood (née Newman)
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408:The Bec & Beth EP
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222:The Feeling
218:The Chalets
202:BBC Radio 1
147:Aberystwyth
124:Luke Taylor
121:Beth Gibson
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