Billy Nomates
Billy Nomates | |
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.jpg) Billy Nomates in 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Victoria Ann Maries |
| Also known as | Billy Nomates |
| Born | 2 May 1990 Leicester, England |
| Genres | |
| Occupations |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2020–present |
| Labels | Invada |
| Website | [1] |
Victoria Ann "Tor" Maries[2] (born 2 May 1990) is an English musician and singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name Billy Nomates.
Life
[edit]Maries grew up in Leicester and was a member of a number of bands that failed to be noticed. Following a period of depression, a Sleaford Mods gig inspired Maries to return to making music and she moved to Bournemouth to write and compose.[3] Her stage name, Billy Nomates, was taken from an insult directed at her when she turned up at a gig on her own.[4] In 2024, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.[5]
Music
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Maries' first album was recorded in Bristol with Portishead's Geoff Barrow.[3] She released this in 2020[6] and quickly gained attention from BBC Radio 6 Music.[3] She describes her music as no wave.[4] Critics make mention of post-punk and describe her delivery as sprechgesang.[3][4] She featured on "Mork n Mindy" by Sleaford Mods in 2021. She released the Emergency Telephone EP in October 2021, produced by herself on Barrow's Invada record label.[7] Maries's second and third albums, Cacti and Metalhorse were released in 2023 and 2025.
Reception
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BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Amy Lamé chose Billy Nomates's debut as her Album of the Year in 2020.[8] The Guardian's Laura Snapes picked out Billy Nomates as one to watch in 2020, describing her voice as "deadpan yet biting", offering "an acute lens on British class structure".[3]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Billy Nomates (2020)
- Cacti (2023)
- Metalhorse (2025)
EPs
[edit]- Emergency Telephone (2021)
Music videos
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | "No" | Jack Joseph & Bobby Spender | Billy Nomates |
| "FNP" | n/C | ||
| 2021 | "Heels" | Jack Joseph Dalby & Bobby Spender | Emergency Telephone |
| 2022 | "Blue Bones" | Tia Salisbury | Cacti |
| "Balance is Gone" | NWSPK | ||
| "Saboteur Forcefield" | John Minton | ||
| "Spite" | NWSPK |
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived Official Website". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "BALANCE IS GONE". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "One to watch: Billy Nomates". the Guardian. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Billy Nomates review – post-punk soloist could do with some company". the Guardian. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Jack, Malcolm (18 May 2025). "Billy Nomates on her MS diagnosis, nearly quitting music and why online trolls only make her stronger". The Big Issue. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ Murphy, Lauren (7 August 2020). "Billy Nomates: Billy Nomates review – One of the quirkier albums of the year". The Irish Times.
- ^ Pilley, Max (4 March 2021). "Billy Nomates – 'Emergency Telephone' EP review: dial into one of Britain's most distinctive new voices". NME.
- ^ "6 Music Recommends Albums Of The Year 2020". BBC Radio 6 Music.
| International | |
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| Artists | |
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Leicester
- English post-punk musicians
- British indie rock musicians
- No wave musicians
- Invada Records artists
- 21st-century English singer-songwriters
- English women singer-songwriters
- 21st-century English women singers
- English women rock singers
- People with multiple sclerosis