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- ↑ "2013 ANNUAL SCOTTISH TOUR BLOG - PART 1 | Roddy Woomble". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ Trendell, Andrew (22 March 2019). "Idlewild share surreal video for their psychedelic new single 'Same Things Twice'". NME. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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