CACTI

AlbumJan 13 / 202312 songs, 40m 46s
Post-Punk Indie Rock Synthpop
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There’s still that personable rawness to her production, but her vocal offers warmth.

Discover Cacti by Billy Nomates released in 2023. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

Billy Nomates' new album CACTI is markedly more subdued than her self-titled debut, taking a tangled walk through depression

8 / 10

On the cover of her sophomore record CACTI, Tor Maries, aka Billy Nomates, postures herself as such — a cactus with limbs bent askew, off-ba...

7.0 / 10

Tor Maries feels like she’s just going around and around, she tells us over and over on CACTI opener “balance is gone.”

9 / 10

Following the release of her self-titled debut in 2020, it was clear that Billy Nomates, the stage persona of Bristol’s Tor Maries, had hit a sweet spot

Spanning post-punk to honky-tonk, this piercingly original singer-songwriter digs ever deeper on her second album

7 / 10

Cacti by Billy Nomates: a bold, determined step forward for fierce, irrepressible DIY pop powerhouse Tor Maries

7.0 / 10

CACTI by Billy Nomates album review by Leslie Ken Chu. The UK artist's full-length drops on January 13 via Invada records and DSPs

71 %

If Tor Maries took the stage name Billy Nomates in response to going to shows alone, she did it in defiance.

Margo Price can no longer be overlooked, The Supergrass frontman wants a little more joie de vivre, Ville Valo finds his own gloom

The Bristol songwriter’s sophomore album is a survival story, reviving us for what lies ahead. Review by Cheri Amour.

9 / 10