Billy Nomates

Tor Maries, who performs as Billy Nomates, is a solo English songwriter & musician who now lives in Bristol, England.

Billy Nomates at the Strom Club, Munich (2023)
Billy Nomates at the Valkhof Festival 2022

Life

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.[1] Her stage name, Billy Nomates, was taken from an insult directed at her when she turned up at the gig on her own.[2]

Music

Maries' first album was recorded in Bristol with Portishead’s Geoff Barrow.[1] She released this in 2020[3] and quickly gained attention from BBC Radio 6 Music.[1] She describes her music as No-wave.[2] Critics make mention of post-punk and describe her delivery as sprechgesang.[1][2] She featured on "Mork n Mindy" by Sleaford Mods in 2021. She released the Emergency Telephone EP in October 2021, produced by herself on the Geoff Barrow label.[4]

Reception

BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Amy Lamé chose Billy Nomates's debut as her Album of the Year in 2020.[5] 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".[1]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Billy Nomates (2020)
  • CACTI (2023)

EPs

  • Emergency Telephone (2021)

Music videos
Year Title Director Album
2020 No Jack Joseph & Bobby Spender Billy Nomates
FNP n/C
2021 Heels Jack Joseph Dalby & Bobby Spender /
2022 Blue Bones Tia Salisbury Cacti
Balance is Gone NWSPK
Saboteur Forcefield John Minton
Spite NWSPK

References
  1. "One to watch: Billy Nomates". the Guardian. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. "Billy Nomates review – post-punk soloist could do with some company". the Guardian. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. Murphy, Lauren (7 August 2020). "Billy Nomates: Billy Nomates review – One of the quirkier albums of the year". The Irish Times.
  4. Pilley, Max (4 March 2021). "Billy Nomates – 'Emergency Telephone' EP review: dial into one of Britain's most distinctive new voices". NME.
  5. "6 Music Recommends Albums Of The Year 2020". BBC Radio 6 Music.
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