Billy Nomates announces âEmergency Telephoneâ EP and shares âHeelsâ
The new track tackles knowing who we are and playtime [being] over
Billy Nomates CREDIT: Press
Billy Nomates has announced details of a new EP, âEmergency Telephoneâ, and shared the first track from it â âHeelsâ.
The release follows the Bristol and Bournemouth-based artistâs self-titled debut album, which was put out last year.
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The dark, propulsive âHeelsâ is the first song to be taken from the five-track record and you can watch the video for it below now. âHeels is about knowing who we are,â Billy Nomates told
NME.
âIt’s about acknowledging strength under scrutiny and pressure. It’s also about how playtime feels over. Stuffâs serious. We don’t know how any of what’s happening ends yet. There are about 10 threats every day at any given time that feel big enough to stop you from doing anything. It’s
8/10
By the time it’s over, there won’t be many people left unaffected by the events of the last twelve months in Britain.
It took a pandemic to do it, but having too much time on our hands has caused the massed citizenry to embrace things that wouldn’t have been in our nightmares during the sunlit uplands of as far back as 2019.
Given their ability to hold up an unflattering mirror to our consciences, there was no way then that Sleaford Mods were going to miss the opportunity to pick at the scabs of government incompetence, class tourism and the claustrophobia of the age.
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What’s left to say?
For many of us, 2020 was the worst year of our lives. No need to list all the reasons why.
But even as the pandemic snarled just about every aspect of our lives to a screeching halt, music somehow endured. In fact, it was a supremely good year for album releases, due in some part to musicians being kept from touring and allowed ample time to create from home.
This year we had gargantuan surprises, sensational debuts, hopeful comebacks whenever concerts resume, there will be literally too many worthy shows to see in support of these artists (what I’d give to have such a problem again).