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Billy Nomates is Victoria Ann Maries, who grew up in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, UK.

“I’ve been in bands and done various bits and pieces since I was sixteen. I was in a (alt.- folk) band in Bristol in my early twenties for a few years. Before, I was always involved in projects or bands that weren’t mine and was just either fronting them or playing smaller roles. We were always on the fringes, never really took off. We had snippets of success but it always seemed to be ruined by someone getting married or breaking a leg”.  Always involved in music but took a year out, in 2018. Moved down to the south coast (Bournemouth / Poole area) and that’s where it started. First public performance as Billy Nomates in Keynsham, Bristol September 2019. Gained early support from Sleaford Mods and Geoff Barrow at Invada. Very DiY and Lo-fi, Billy Nomates records at home using Garage Band and Acid software; often self-releasing tracks via Bandcamp. After a brief DiY digital release, the reworked debut album was completed at INVADA, just as the Coronavirus pandemic appeared in the UK.