Mercury Prize 2020 Shortlist – The Poll

the georgia album had a few decent singles but was super underwhelming apart from those

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).

xps: the window this year was between 20 July 2019 and 17 July 2020, so jessie ware was eligible

I'm shocked that J Hus wasn't nominated

He used to be in the Icicle Works.

https://louderthanwar.com/misunderstanding-mcnabb-news-piece/

can't believe i wasn't aware of the important and valid opinions of Ian McNabb in 2020

Should stick to SAS fanfic

'It's Othering' – British-Japanese Artist Rina Sawayama Can’t Enter British Awards
A 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

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

ANOHNI / Anthony & The Johnsons left the UK at the age of 10.

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

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I've only listened to the Laura Marling, but I dig Dua Lipa's singles.

Sports Team is not as bad as I thought it would be - definitely got a certain charm about it

It's gonna be Stormzy, yeah?

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It's gonna be Stormzy, yeah?

― Mark G, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 09:31 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

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― System, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 01:01 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

ILM is gonna ILM

(I did mean Stormzy winning the Mercury, I mean, not this poll.)

absolutely correct (ILM) result

I put the end date of this poll as the day of the award, but it now seems to be 24th September

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/24/michael-kiwanuka-wins-2020-mercury-prize

good!

Mogwai are the new Gaz

otm

going for BCNR over black midi is astonishing nonsense too

not that i even care!!!!!!!!!

heard the mogwai LP was good, have not listened to it of course but anyway, not sure what my point was here

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.

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