Billy Nomates | |
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Birth name | Tor Maries |
Also known as | Billy Nomates |
Born | (1990-05-02) 2 May 1990 (age 34) Leicester, England, U.K. |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2020–present |
Labels | Invada |
Website | Official website |
Tor Maries (born 2 May 1990) is an English musician and singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name Billy Nomates.
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]
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 Barrow's Invada record label.[4]
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]
After playing a set at the Glastonbury Festival 2023, Billy Nomates received what she called an "insane" amount of online abuse and requested BBC Radio 6 Music to remove footage of her performance from their web pages. BBC removed it.[6] Fellow musicians, such as Billy Bragg, the Anchoress and Lonelady, expressed their support for Billy Nomates, calling out the misogynistic and sexist character of the abuse.[7]
Year | Title | Director | Album |
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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 |
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