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Following the disbanding of Women and Reimer's death, Matthew Flegel and Michael Wallace formed the band Viet Cong while Pat Flegel pursued his own project called Cindy Lee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimilar artists to Women include No Age, Atlas Sound, Deerhunter, Crystal Stilts, Liars, Chad VanGaalen, Dirty Beaches,\nPanda Bear,\nThe Olivia Tremor Control,\nPreoccupations,\nAvey Tare,\nThe Microphones,\nXiu Xiu,\nTonstartssbandht,\nLightning Bolt,\nAnimal Collective,\nLotus Plaza,\nCloud Nothings,\nThis Heat,and\nDeerhoof.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"women","title":"Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow available on vinyl, the most played and loved record in Rough Trade at the moment is the debut album by \u003cstrong\u003eWomen\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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