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First handed out to rockers Primal Scream in 1992, the annual
25,000 pounds ($32,202) prize shortlists 12 albums released by
British and Irish acts in the United Kingdom in the past year.
Considered less mainstream than Britain's pop music honors the
BRIT Awards, the Mercury Prize is open to all music genres.
Charli XCX is nominated for "Brat", whose lime green album cover
look was adopted by U.S. presidential hopeful Kamala Harris'
campaign for her "Kamala HQ" social media account this week
after the pop star referenced her in a post.
Ghetts is in the running for his fourth studio album "On
Purpose, with Purpose" while The Last Dinner Party are nominated
for their debut "Prelude to Ecstasy".
Other debut studio albums making the shortlist are "Silence Is
Loud" by producer, DJ and singer Nia Archives, "Early Twenties"
by British-Liberian singer Cat Burns, "When Will We Land?" by
Scottish electronic producer and DJ Barry Can't Swim and "Who Am
I" by Trinidad-born rapper Berwyn, who was previously nominated
for his debut mixtape "Demotape/Vega"
Portishead singer and lyricist Beth Gibbons is nominated for her
first solo album "Lives Outgrown" while musician and producer
corto.alto is in the running for debut "Bad With Names".
Completing the list are group English Teacher's debut "This
Could Be Texas", singer Corinne Bailey Rae's "Black Rainbows"
and Irish musician CMAT for "Crazymad, for Me".
The winner will be announced at a ceremony in September.
Last year, Ezra Collective won for "Where I'm Meant to Be", the
first jazz album to ever take home the award.
($1 = 0.7763 pounds)
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Christina
Fincher)
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