Billy Nomates is back, and she’s taking us for a spin. With her new single, “Plans,” the UK artist trades in jagged post-punk edges for a silkier, dream-drenched sound, and yet, somehow, she doesn’t lose her bite.
Released as the second teaser for her forthcoming album,” Metalhorse,” to be released by May 16th, “Plans” simmers with the dizzy thrill of chaos in your image. Or, as Billy succinctly puts it, getting on the Waltzers at the end of the world. And honestly, that feels about right.
The track veers into woozy synth textures and a deceptively lo-fi arrangement. It’s nearly lullaby-like until you register the tension below the surface. There’s something hypnotic about how she reads each line as if she’s quietly recounting the disintegration of something much below the surface. The whips on her post-punk skeleton remain, but they have been replaced by a velvet robe instead of a spiked jacket. The constraint is graceful in its elegance.
“Plans” reveals itself with a quiet magnetism. The steady pulse, the roomy production, and the understated vocal delivery all work together to yield a track that feels both down-to-earth and out of this world. It’s a song you sort of float inside. And then there’s the visualizer, a haze of color and surreal motion closely tracking the track’s emotional murkiness. It doesn’t attempt to explain things, and that is precisely what makes it succeed. Like the song, it encourages you to release inhibitions and feelings.
With “Plans,” Billy Nomates shows she’s not playing from a script but writing one. There’s a gentleness here, but it’s not softness. It’s clarity. The kind you can feel when you stop fighting the chaos and start dancing in it instead.
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