Self-described no wave songwriter and musician Victoria Ann "Tor" Maries, who
performs as Billy Nomates, was born in Leicester, England, on May 2, 1990.
Member of a number of bands that failed to be noticed, she returned to music
after a depression and moved to Bournemouth to write and compose. Her stage name
Billy Nomates was taken from an insult directed at her during a gig. She
released her self-titled debut album in August 2020 on Invada Records, working
on the LP in Bristol with label boss and Portishead's Geoff Barrow. The
Emergency Telephone EP was released in October 2021...