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Tor Maries who performs as Billy Nomates is a solo British songwriter & musician who now lives in Bristol, England.
Tor Maries who performs as Billy Nomates is a solo British songwriter & musician who now lives in Bristol, England.
Life
She grew up in Leicester and she 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. Her stage name was taken from an insult directed at her when she turned up at the gig on her own.Music
Maries' first album was recorded in Bristol with Portishead’sGeoff Barrow
Geoffrey Paul Barrow (born 9 December 1971) is an English music producer, composer, and DJ. He is a member of the bands Portishead, Beak and supergroup Quakers, and has scored several films.
Portishead—formed in 1991—was named after th ...
She released this in 2020 and quickly gained attention from BBC Radio 6 Music. She describes her music as No-Wave. Critics make mention of post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-r ...
and describe her delivery as '' sprechgesang.'' 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
Geoffrey Paul Barrow (born 9 December 1971) is an English music producer, composer, and DJ. He is a member of the bands Portishead, Beak and supergroup Quakers, and has scored several films.
Portishead—formed in 1991—was named after th ...
label.
Reception
BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Amy Lamé chose Billy Nomates's debut as her Album of the Year in 2020.The Guardian
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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".
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nomates, Billy Post-punk musicians Living people Musicians from Leicestershire Year of birth missing (living people)