I really like the Anna Meredith but I've got to vote for the PodgeRad album as it features our beloved violinist!
― emil.y, Thursday, 23 July 2020 13:51 (three years ago) link
They got the wrong band!
― imago, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
Ha, you have to put yourself in for the Mercury (doesn't it cost money and everything?), and Porridge Radio are honestly very good, so I'm rooting for them.
― emil.y, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:07 (three years ago) link
christ that dePlume spoken word stuff is total shat!
― calzino, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
it's absolutely nauseating!
― calzino, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:14 (three years ago) link
hence my confusion
― À la recherche du scamps perdu (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
To Cy and Lee is actually a compilation of instrumentals from his other albums, mostly anyways, right? Is it even eligible?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
maybe the success of Cy & Lee will convince him to never do that again
― rob, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
the UK jazz quartet Dinosaur seem to have been nominated a few times as the token Jazzers. I always blithely assumed they would be absolute dogshit, but I was surprised by that their latest album To The Earth, which is the first thing I've heard of theirs and is actually pretty good.
― calzino, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
lmao what 2020 needed was Kate Tempest x Noel Fielding
― imago, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
imago if you haven't listened to To Cy & Lee yet, you might as well do so now before it shows up in the EOY top 10. I personally guarantee neither Tempest nor Fielding vibes of any kind
― rob, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
i don't know what the dates are for the award and i don't really care but Alfa Mist's Structuralism has got to be better than a bunch of these
― À la recherche du scamps perdu (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:24 (three years ago) link
voting for dark matter
can somebody tell me if i'd like the porridge radio record? i'm not often alienated by band names but that one's a real obstacle. i also hate the album title
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
sounds a bit gruel-ing, there is only a finite amount of stuff you can check out etc!
― calzino, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
Of these, Dark Matter, even though I enjoyed it less than I thought I would.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
Brad, I dunno, give them a try! I think most individual tracks will give you an idea of whether or not you like their general 'thing', so... try Sweet?
― emil.y, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:53 (three years ago) link
vocal cadences on that track sound v like courtney barnett imo
― oscar bravo, Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:40 (three years ago) link
I'd not heard that spoken word DePlume stuff. Jesus! I'm not mad keen on his Soccer96 stuff either - it's a bit Nozin' Around.
To Cy and Lee, though, has been my lockdown record and it's gorgeous.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
yeah i get it now
― À la recherche du scamps perdu (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:01 (three years ago) link
Stormzy. He'd have to be favourite to win right?
― paolo, Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
the way the announcement is framed, kiwanuka seems front-runner. haven't heard that one yet either
― imago, Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
Porridge Radio have a nice sound but there's not much interesting songwriting yet based on the singles. They have a bit of promise. They really want to be The Cure
― imago, Thursday, 23 July 2020 19:26 (three years ago) link
the cure is a strange comparison, they're far more shambolic and serrated. i do kind of hear some robert smith in the singer's inflections on 'born confused.'
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
*they = porridge radio
Not the most exciting list, but some genuinely great albums here. Porridge Radio, Michael Kiwanuka and Dua Lipa are all worthy of their nominations. Charli is the clear winner here. That album saved me a bit during the last few months.
Biggest omission is Jessie Ware but I figure they thought it was probably too much pop if they already had Dua Lipa, Georgia and Charli on there. Despite a couple of good singles, that Georgia is kinda boring and doesn't come close to what Jessie achieves on What's Your Pleasure in any way.
I really want to love Stormzy more than I do. He's capable of amazing singles (Vossi Bop, Big For Your Boots, Know Me From and Shut Up) and is definitely someone worth rooting for, but I lost interest in both of his albums half way through. I guess I'll just be waiting for the best of.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
is it possible Jessie Ware was ineligible due to release date?
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:17 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
to be clear, the singer and the bassist really want to be the cure, the others maybe less so. like the cure, they have a nice grasp of rock dynamics
― imago, Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:45 (three years ago) link
Stormzy is too big to win, same goes for Dua Lipa.
The Georgia album is underrated here - you can tell she's grown up in a house that's saturated in dance music, there's a sense of space and groove that you don't get in a lot of overstuffed modern synthpop records. Sort of a Joe Goddardish thing going on. It does sound straight out of 2009 but that's a comforting thing right now.
The Kano album is legit, the first record where he actually feels like he's fulfilling/not completely wasting his potential and its not the record you would have expected him to do that on. Its also total Mercury bait.
― Matt DC, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:43 (three years ago) link
the georgia album had a few decent singles but was super underwhelming apart from those
― ufo, Friday, 24 July 2020 07:48 (three years ago) link
I honestly don't hear much difference in quality between the singles and the rest (as opposed to, say, the Dua Lipa album which is better overall and has much higher highs and absolutely plummets off a cliff with the final two songs).
― Matt DC, Friday, 24 July 2020 08:15 (three years ago) link
xps: the window this year was between 20 July 2019 and 17 July 2020, so jessie ware was eligible
― monotony, Friday, 24 July 2020 08:17 (three years ago) link
I'm shocked that J Hus wasn't nominated
― paolo, Friday, 24 July 2020 12:00 (three years ago) link
He used to be in the Icicle Works.
https://louderthanwar.com/misunderstanding-mcnabb-news-piece/
― Sonny Shamrock (Tom D.), Saturday, 25 July 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
can't believe i wasn't aware of the important and valid opinions of Ian McNabb in 2020
― À la recherche du scamps perdu (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 July 2020 15:02 (three years ago) link
Should stick to SAS fanfic
― calzino, Saturday, 25 July 2020 15:43 (three years ago) link
'It's Othering' – British-Japanese Artist Rina Sawayama Can’t Enter British AwardsA nationality clause in the Mercury Prize and the BRITs are stopping musicians from entering the race. It's turning the arts into a form of border control, the 'SAWAYAMA' musician says.
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/g5p8gj/mercury-prize-brits-rina-sawayama?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 10:31 (three years ago) link
When Rina Sawayama’s record label Dirty Hit asked her what she wanted for her first album, she told them: “I want to win a Mercury Award.”
tbf this is a terrible ambition
― À la recherche du scamps perdu (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 10:42 (three years ago) link
ANOHNI / Anthony & The Johnsons left the UK at the age of 10.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 10:54 (three years ago) link
Kiwanuka over Dark Matter. I'm with pom that Matter is not as good as I want it to be, but I still like it, though I think Jeff Parker's Suite for Max Brown mines similar territory & is maybe a little cooler...
& much apologies to Mordy, Chinaski and other proponents but I legit thought To Cy & Lee was a total bore. I'll prob listen again to make sure, though
― weekly shopper helper (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 31 July 2020 08:41 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
I've only listened to the Laura Marling, but I dig Dua Lipa's singles.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
Sports Team is not as bad as I thought it would be - definitely got a certain charm about it
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 06:28 (three years ago) link
It's gonna be Stormzy, yeah?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 08:31 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
It's gonna be Stormzy, yeah?― Mark G, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 09:31 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkAutomatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.― System, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 01:01 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Mark G, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 09:31 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― System, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 01:01 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
ILM is gonna ILM
― Oor Neechy, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
(I did mean Stormzy winning the Mercury, I mean, not this poll.)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 06:33 (three years ago) link
absolutely correct (ILM) result
― imago, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 10:50 (three years ago) link
I put the end date of this poll as the day of the award, but it now seems to be 24th September
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 22:24 (three years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/24/michael-kiwanuka-wins-2020-mercury-prize
― 好 now 烧烤 (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 24 September 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link
good!
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 September 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
Mogwai are the new Gaz
― Southgate Serves Imperialism (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 22 July 2021 12:13 (two years ago) link
otm
― imago, Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
going for BCNR over black midi is astonishing nonsense too
― imago, Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:23 (two years ago) link
not that i even care!!!!!!!!!
― imago, Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link
heard the mogwai LP was good, have not listened to it of course but anyway, not sure what my point was here
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:26 (two years ago) link
the point was - Mercury Prize 2021 - Are Mogwai the new Gaz?
once again I have heard none of these lps, I am firmly embedded in the 1940s right now, please advise.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:37 (two years ago) link
buy stock in IBM
― rob, Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:47 (two years ago) link