The published particulars for this yr’s Mercury Prize have been confirmed.
The annual prize toasts the very best albums from Britain and Eire, with earlier winners starting from Skepta to Franz Ferdinand, from Ezra Collective to Arlo Parks.
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This yr’s Mercury Prize will probably be a little bit totally different, with the complete broadcast particulars being confirmed a couple of moments in the past.
The Mercury Prize 2024 winner will probably be unveiled throughout a particular stay broadcast from Abbey Highway Studios in London, and it’ll happen on September fifth.
The programme will probably be proven on BBC 4, kicking off at 9.15pm. Offered by Tom Ravenscroft and Deb Grant, the genial Matt Everitt will interview the artists behind every of the 12 Albums of The Yr.
The present will embrace the announcement of the general winner of the 2024 Mercury Prize, which can then be performed out in full on air.
However wait! That’s not all. BBC Sounds will host a Mercury Prize 2024 assortment, with Matt Everitt’s Pocket Guides (3 x 60 minutes) providing an intro to all 12 albums, alongside two playlists – one celebrating this yr’s Albums of The Yr and one other celebrating earlier Mercury Prize winners.
The 2024 Mercury Prize 12 ‘Albums of the Yr’ are:
Barry Can’t Swim ‘When Will We Land?’
BERWYN ‘Who Am I’
Beth Gibbons ‘Lives Outgrown’
Cat Burns ‘early twenties’
Charli xcx ‘BRAT’
CMAT ‘Crazymad, for Me’
Corinne Bailey Rae ‘Black Rainbows’
corto.alto ‘Unhealthy with Names’
English Instructor ‘This Might Be Texas’
Ghetts ‘On Objective, With Objective’
Nia Archives ‘Silence Is Loud’
The Final Dinner Social gathering ‘Prelude to Ecstasy’
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