Becky Becky is a British literary-inspired electro-
synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s ...
duo composed of Gemma L. Williams and Peter J D Mason.
They have released the studio albums ''Good Morning, Midnight'' (2014), ''Maraca'' (2021) and ''Human / Animal'' (2024).
Musical career
Williams' previous music project was
Woodpecker Wooliams
Woodpecker Wooliams was the musical moniker of Brighton, UK-based musician Gemma Williams. She produced music as Woodpecker Wooliams from 2009 to 2013, releasing the studio albums ''Diving Down'' (2009) and ''The Bird School of Being Human'' (2012 ...
and Mason was a member of
Fence Collective
Fence Records is a Scottish independent record label based in Anstruther and Crail, Fife, Scotland, founded by musician King Creosote. Fence Records released records by James Yorkston, Rozi Plain, Lone Pigeon, U.N.P.O.C., Kid Canaveral, eagleow ...
.
Becky Becky released a debut single, ''The Harder Stuff'', in 2011.
Their debut album in 2014 is based on
Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys, ( ; born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was a British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she mainly resided in England, where she was sent for her ...
' 1939 novel ''
Good Morning, Midnight''
—the novel deals with a woman's feelings of vulnerability, depression, loneliness and desperation during the years between the two World Wars.
Their ''In Honour Of 'Silent Shout''
' (2016) digital-only album is a cover of
The Knife's 2006 album ''
Silent Shout'', released on the ten-year anniversary of ''Silent Shouts release.
Their 2021 album, ''Maraca'', and a series of singles/EPs, are based on a short story by Williams that was published in ''Stim: An Autistic Anthology'' (2020).
"It tells the story of a doomed relationship between a young autistic woman from England and an older Chilean man, married with children. Against the backdrop of the skyscrapers and mountains of Santiago de Chile, themes of infidelity, isolation and alienation are explored through the lyrics".
Discography
Albums
*''Good Morning, Midnight'' (self-released/Feint, 2014)
*''Good Morning, Midnight – Live'' (self-released/Feint, 2015)
*''In Honour Of 'Silent Shout (self-released, 2016) – digital release
*''Maraca'' (Woodland, 2021)
*''Human / Animal'' (self-released, 2024)
Singles and EPs
*''The Harder Stuff'' (self-released, 2011)
– 9 tracks
*''Champagne On Christmas Day'' EP (self-released/Feint, 2014) – digital release
*"Fire & Wings" (self-released/Feint, 2014)
*"House Of The Black Madonna" (self-released/Feint, 2015)
*"Tigers Are Better-Looking" (Personal Theatre, 2016)
*"Hey, Santiago!" (Woodland, 2021)
*''The Mountain'' EP (Woodland, 2021)
*''The Dance'' EP (Woodland, 2021)
*''Symmetry'' (Woodland, 2021)
References
External links
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*{{Discogs artist, Becky Becky
Musical groups from Brighton and Hove
British synth-pop groups
British musical duos