INVADA Records
Billy Nomates - Billy Nomates (repress)
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Re-pressed
for
2022
on
black
vinyl,
housed
in
a
heavyweight
spined
sleeve,
featuring
printed
insert
with
handwritten
lyrics
and
digital
download
card.
Billy
Nomates,
the
fierce,
funny,
outspoken
force
of
nature
who
hails
from
Melton
Mowbray
and
now
flits
between
Bournemouth
and
Bristol,
has
arrived
to
rattle
cages.
With
huge
support
from
BBC
6
Music,
2020
came
to
a
climax
when
Billy
was
asked
by
Iggy
Pop
to
step
into
his
shoes
to
cover
his
Christmas
show
and,
together
with
featuring
on
the
new
Sleaford
Mods
single
‘Mork
n
Mindy’,
Billy
Nomates
has
proved
herself
to
be
one
of
the
most
original
and
respected
new
artists
coming
through.
The
songs
on
her
debut
album
all
come
from
a
place
of
defiance.
Rebellion
against
Brexit.
Against
soul-sapping,
dead-end
jobs
and
zero-hours
contracts.
Against
gender
inequality,
sexual
harassment
and
festivals
with
obligatory
female
acts
hidden
in
the
small
print.
Billy’s
songs
lampoon
the
same
bleak
reality
satirised
by
her
beloved
Scarfolk
website
and
explored
so
abrasively
in
the
fringe
theatre
she
finds
solace
in.
Musically,
there
are
snatches
of
Nick
Cave’s
rumbling
sprechgesang;
the
“off-the-wall-ness
of
musicians
like
Captain
Beefheart”;
Sleaford
Mods’
febrile
post-punk;
the
groovesome
lofi
art-rock
of
Sonic
Youth;
and
the
brassy
Americana
of
Emmylou
Harris.
What
dominates,
though,
is
a
feeling
of
release.
Of
letting
it
all
out.
The
track
‘Supermarket
Sweep’
features
guest
vocals
by
Jason
Williamson
of
Sleaford
Mods.
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