Mercury Prize 2020 Shortlist – The Poll

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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