Rebecca Mayes
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| Birth name | Rebecca Mayes |
| Born | c. 1980s Kent, England, United Kingdom |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
Rebecca Mayes (c. 1980s), better known by her stage name Boe Huntress, is an British folk music singer. She came to prominence in the late 2000s for her contributions to Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe and "Rebecca Mayes Muses" videos for The Escapist, where she introspectively wrote about video game topics like The Sims 3, Resident Evil[1] and fellow Escapist writer, Yahtzee Croshaw.
Mayes later reinvented herself as Boe Huntress, focusing more on spirituality, feminism and myth as subjects in her music.
Early life
She was born in Kent, England sometime in the 1980s. She is the daughter of an English vicar.
She pursued songwriting when she moved to Devon, England to study literature at Exeter University.[2]
Musical career
Sometime while living in Devon, she was approached by Charlie Brooker to contribute music to his BBC Four program, Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe performing her original song "Chainsaws and Swearwords", a song that later appeared on her first album, The Epic Win.
Off the back of this appearance, Mayes started appearing on The Escapist, despite not being neither a gamer nor a critic. In the process of a week, she would write, record and edit a video weekly; with the topics often being particular video games or elements of video game media. This timeframe later was revised to once a month.
During this time she released two compilation albums, The Epic Win and The Out Fall, as well as an EP, Songs from The Garage.
Rebecca Mayes left The Escapist The Christmas of 2010.
Personal life
Mayes lives in Devon, England.[3]
Discography
As Rebecca Mayes
- The Epic Win, 2010
- Songs From The Garage EP, 2010
- The Out Fall, 2011
- The Lights (Single), 2012
As Boe Huntress
- And I Became A Student of Love, 2015
- Kiss The Witch, 2016
- Day Becomes Night (Single), 2018
- A Female Power EP, 2018
- Medusa EP, 2018
- Thirteen Qyeens Acoustix, 2022
- Thirteen Qyeens Electrix, 2022
- Halo, 2022
- Covers, 2022
- Red Thread (Single), 2023
- Narcissa (Single), 2023
- Earn My Innocence, 2023
References
- ↑ Armstrong, Rebecca (27 May 2010). "Singing the gaming blues (well, folk)". The Independent. The Independent. Archived from the original on 10 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ↑ Mayes, Rebecca. "Biography". Archived from the original on 09 February 2026. Retrieved 09 February 2026. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |archive-date=(help) - ↑ Mayes, Rebecca. "Biography". Archived from the original on 09 February 2026. Retrieved 09 February 2026. Check date values in:
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