Posted July 24, 20222 yr We're getting closer to the Mercury Prize and you know what that means? Prediction time! Possible contenders: Little Simz (this one has to make it through. It received so much universal praise and made it high on so many Best Albums Of 2021 list, and I think it's great too) CHVRCHES Self Esteem Joy Crookes Black Country, New Road (these last four are very likely to make it through. Seen a lot of buzz around them) - Fontaines DC (hope this one gets through) Florence + The Machine Wet Leg The Mysterines Nilufer Yanya Sam Fender The Lathums Kelly Lee Owens Public Service Broadcasting Porridge Radio Let’s Eat Grandma Tirzah Charli XCX Rex Orange County Paolo Nutini Another UK rap album (Knucks, Kae Tempest, Kojey Radical, Ray BLK) Jazz album (Binker & Moses, Emma-Jean Thackray) Debut album At least one commercial success (Adele, Harry Styles, Years & Years, George Ezra) Personal wishlist: Foals, Black Midi, Alfie Templeman, Yard Act, Working Men’s Club, IDLES, Jungle, Everything Everything, The Smile, Bloc Party, Lone, Bonobo, Ross From Friends, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Dave's album may not make it since the previous album already won, but Wolf Alice managed to get Blue Weekend in the nominations last year despite its predecessor winning so I might be wrong. Edited July 24, 20222 yr by DalekTurret32
July 24, 20222 yr Did BCNR ever have any professional recordings of songs from AFUT? If not it’ll be interesting to see what they show instead of their performance.
July 24, 20222 yr Would like to see Little Simz, Foals, CMAT, Everything Everything, Sunflower Bean, Fontaines DC, Gang of Youths, Mysterines, Kojey Radical, FKA Twiggs, Idles, The Stranglers, Joy Crookes, Biffy Clyro, The Lathums, Sam Fender, Chvrches, Jake Bugg and Dave for me!
July 24, 20222 yr Would like to see Little Simz, Foals, CMAT, Everything Everything, Sunflower Bean, Fontaines DC, Gang of Youths, Mysterines, Kojey Radical, FKA Twiggs, Idles, The Stranglers, Joy Crookes, Biffy Clyro, The Lathums, Sam Fender, Chvrches, Jake Bugg and Dave for me! The Mercury Prize is British/Irish only! Sunflower Bean and Gang of Youths are American/Australian ;)
July 24, 20222 yr I’d like to see Let’s Eat Grandma, Working Men’s Club, CHVRCHES, Hard Feelings, Little Simz, Florence, Black Country New Road and then for them all to get beaten by Self Esteem
July 24, 20222 yr Author Would like to see Little Simz, Foals, CMAT, Everything Everything, Sunflower Bean, Fontaines DC, Gang of Youths, Mysterines, Kojey Radical, FKA Twiggs, Idles, The Stranglers, Joy Crookes, Biffy Clyro, The Lathums, Sam Fender, Chvrches, Jake Bugg and Dave for me! Don't know if FKA Twigs will get nominated because it's a mixtape. The Mercury Prize is British/Irish only! Sunflower Bean and Gang of Youths are American/Australian ;) Was going to say the same, but GOY are England-based, so they MIGHT get nominated
July 24, 20222 yr The Mercury Prize is British/Irish only! Sunflower Bean and Gang of Youths are American/Australian ;) Ah sorry! Great albums all the same!!
July 24, 20222 yr Wet Leg are the early favourites (meh) followed by Kae Tempest, Self Esteem and Little Simz. I would certainly expect all four of those to be nominated
July 26, 20222 yr The 2022 Mercury Prize with FREE NOW ‘Albums of the Year’ are: Fergus McCreadie: ‘Forest Floor’ Gwenno: ‘Tresor’ Harry Styles: ‘Harry’s House’ Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler: ‘For All Our Days That Tear the Heart’ Joy Crookes: ‘Skin’ Kojey Radical: ‘Reason to Smile’ Little Simz: ‘Sometimes I Might be Introvert’ Nova Twins: ‘Supernova’ Sam Fender: ‘Seventeen Going Under’ Self Esteem: ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ Wet Leg: ‘Wet Leg’ Yard Act: ‘The Overload’ I would have liked Nilufer Yanya
July 26, 20222 yr yes for Joy Crookes <3 agree Nilufer deserved instead of the joke nomination for Harry Styles :/
July 26, 20222 yr yes for Joy Crookes <3 agree Nilufer deserved instead of the joke nomination for Harry Styles :/ There's no need to be snobby, Harry's House was critically acclaimed and actually has the exact same Metacritic score as the Nilufer album. Great to see Harry on the list, obviously a defining album of the past 12 months commercially but it deserves the recognition at something like this too (finally the "ex-boybander" tag is wearing off in the eyes of events like this)
July 26, 20222 yr I'm super snob won't deny that but I've heard the HS album and for me it's a 0, really background music in a sushi bar but the Mercury is kinda notorious for their joke nominations and even wins
July 26, 20222 yr I'm super snob won't deny that but I've heard the HS album and for me it's a 0, really background music in a sushi bar but the Mercury is kinda notorious for their joke nominations and even wins You're welcome to your opinion, that's obviously subjective, but this isn't "Bjork's Music Prize", it's an award for the "best album" as decided by industry professionals and I'm glad the acclaim of Harry's House has been noticed. I don't expect him to win but the acknowledgement is extremely positive when there's so much continued snobbery towards artists who come from places like X Factor (see how many years it took Little Mix to win British Group at the BRITs), as this thread is proving. The album was acclaimed and Mercury failing to recognise it would be much more of a joke in my view.
July 26, 20222 yr I associate Little Simz with last year, I forgot about this weird time period it takes place in! That would be my pick from the very few I've listened to here, guessing Wet Leg will be a hot favourite. Also, I did not know Jessie Buckley did music x
July 26, 20222 yr Author @1551895330370854916 I was, on the other hand, a little disappointed that Screen Violence and Ants From Up There missed out, but this does look like a promising shortlist. Especially looking forward to checking out Gwenno and Kojey Radical (the former's Le Kov album was fantastic) Edited July 26, 20222 yr by DalekTurret32
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