Mercury Prize 2009 Nominations
The organizers behind the prestigious Mercury Prize have announced the nominations for this year’s award. The 12 albums were all released in the last year by British and Irish artists. The list includes:
Bat For Lashes – ‘Two Suns’
Florence And The Machine – ‘Lungs’
Friendly Fires – ‘Friendly Fires’
Glasvegas – ‘Glasvegas’
The Horrors – ‘Primary Colours’
La Roux – ‘La Roux’
Led Bib – ‘Sensible Shoes’
The Leisure Society – ‘Sleeper’
Lisa Hannigan – ‘Sea Saw‘
Kasabian – ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’
Speech Debelle – ‘Speech Therapy’
Sweet Billy Pilgrim – ‘Twice Born Men’
The winner – who will also receive a £20,000 prize – will be announced on September 8 at a star-studded ceremony.
Last year, Elbow took home the accolade with their fourth studio album ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’.
This could be an interesting…
Thanks to PSFK for the info.
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