The list of albums nominated for this year’s Mercury Music Prize has been revealed at a ceremony at the Hospital Club in Soho, London.
The full list is below, feel free to shuffle into ‘token jazz by boys from Oxford’ and ‘token person of colour making music that won’t offend mahogany coffee tables’ etc etc and so on.
Bookmakers William Hill reckon it’s the "closest year ever", with Florence & The Machine tied at 5:1. The Quietus’ favourite album on the list, Primary Colours is at 8:1.
Quietus Ed. John Doran says that "given Florence is a 40-something pretending to be a 20-something, attempting and succeeding to steal pocket money off teenagers, he will not be surprised if she manages to thieve this off rightful winners The Horrors".
Keep your eyes peeled for The Quietus’ much more righteous Jovian Bow Shock Prize (In association with Il Bacio Express, Stoke Newington) nominations later.
The Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize one looks a little something like this:
Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
Florence & The Machine – Lungs
Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
Glasvegas – Glasvegas
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
La Roux – La Roux
Led Bib – Sensible Shoes
Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy
Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Twice Born Men
The Horrors – Primary Colours
The Invisible – The Invisible
The winner will be announced on Tuesday 8 September 2009.
