Victoria Ann "Tor" Maries[2] (born 2 May 1990) is an English musician and singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name Billy Nomates.

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.

She released the Emergency Telephone EP in October 2021, produced by herself on Barrow's Invada record label.

[6] BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Amy Lamé chose Billy Nomates's debut as her Album of the Year in 2020.

[7] 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".