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TSUNAMI Released 5th July 1999. The song is based on a documentary Nicky saw on BBC2 about Jean and Jennifer Gibbons, known as "the silent twins". They were two sisters from Wales who gave up speach at the age of eight and only communicated with each other in their own language. In later life, after commiting a few minor offences, they wound up in HMP Broadmore alongside violent criminals such as Peter Sutcliffe and Dennis Nielsen at the christmas party ("disco dancing with the rapists"). Whilst imprisoned they wrote a book of poetry called "September Poems". When one sister died, the other began speaking as if suddenly released from her silence. Comparisons can be drawn between the silent twins and Richey and Nicky. When Richey went missing Nicky had to find he's own voice after being part of the collective identity Richey and Nicky had developed as songwriters.