The countdown has finally ended for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year! But who is going to win?? The rumour is that Alt-J's 'An Awesome Wave' is set to win, and don't be surprised if your's truly had started this sed-rumour, as I'm in love with them! Personally I think them or Django Django deserve to win the most, as it's not just a couple of decent tracks on their albums...it's them all.
Still not quite sure why Plan B has been nominated with his album 'Ill Manors', as he's been pretty big for a few years, and is not starring in films all over the place. But hey, the prize is traditionally given to the not-so-popular artists, so hopefully someone smaller will be given this incredible opportunity.
The two female nominees; Jessie Ware and Lianne Le Havas, have pretty amazing singing voices, I can see why their names are up there. I haven't given Ben Howard much of a chance, considering my friend rave son about him, I probably should. The rest of the artists, I'm sorry to say, are a bit 'meh', for example Sam Lee and Richard Hawley. The Maccabees may be good, but they have been around for years, so probably don't deserve this as much as some of the others. Michael Kiwanuka could possibly be the new black Jack Johnson and Roller Trio are a bit too 'lift musicy' if you catch my drift, because of the whole saxophone thing. And last but certainly not least are Field Music with their album 'Plumb', they are just cool, if you haven't given them a listen, then do it now, you have just over an hour before they announce the winner on 4music!
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