The Mercury Prize is a perennial British music award which affords winners a year’s worth of bragging rights, a spike in media coverage and album sales, £20,000 cash and undeniable proof they’re better than Radiohead.
The albums shortlisted this year, released between July 2008 and July 2009 by a British or Irish artist, are certainly diverse with self-important stadium rockers (Kasabian) sitting alongside sophomore chameleons (The Horrors) and relative unknowns who live up to their name (The Invisible). Just kidding The Invisible are great. As to who will win the damn thing our money’s on one of the ladies…
And the nominees are…
Bat for Lashes: Two Suns
Florence and the Machine: Lungs
Friendly Fires: Friendly Fires
Glasvegas: Glasvegas
Lisa Hannigan: Sea Sew
The Horrors: Primary Colours
The Invisible: The Invisible
Kasabian: West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
La Roux: La Roux
Led Bib: Sensible Shoes
Speech Debelle: Speech Therapy
Sweet Billy Pilgrim: Twice Born Men
Check out some our favourite nominated artists below…
