Mercury Prize nominees announced
10 September 2014, 17:49
| Written by
Laurence Day
It’s that time of year again folks; Mercury controversy explosion. Gonna put a cheeky bet on the token outsiders? Or safely plonking a tenner on the 4/1 Royal Blood and Damon Albarn? What’s a GoGo Penguin?
Either way, here are the contenders for the award:
Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
Kate Tempest - Everybody Down
GoGo Penguin - v2.0
FKA twigs - LP1
East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
Anna Calvi - One Breath
Jungle - Jungle
Nick Mulvey - First Mind
Young Fathers - Dead
Polar Bear - In Each And Every One
Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
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