The 2019
Mercury Music Prize nominations are in, with politically charged albums by
Dave,
IDLES,
slowthai,
The 1975 and
Anna Calvi recognized in the critics’ shortlist of 12. A winner will be announced during a ceremony in London on 9/19.
While the list is majority independent,
Universal has one nod with
Polydor/
Dirty Hit’s The 1975 and the first part of their latest album,
A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships. The label also has two distributed acts through
Island in Dave with his debut,
Psychodrama (
NBR), and the debut
from Method’s. slowthai,
Nothing Great About Britain.
Foals represents
Warner with the first of their two-part fifth studio album,
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 1 (
Warner Records).
Sony has
RCA artist
Nao and her second album,
Saturn. There’s two nods for indie label
Partisan with the celebrated debut from IDLES,
Joy as an Act of Resistance, and Irish rock band
Fontaines D.C. with
Dogrel.
2019 Mercury Music Prize nominees
Dave
Psychodrama (NBR)
Anna Calvi
Hunter (Domino)
Black Midi
Schlagenheim (Rough Trade)
Cate Le Bon
Reward (Kemado Records)
Foals
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 1 (Warner Records)
Fontaines D.C.
Dogrel (Partisan)
IDLES
Joy as an Act of Resistance (Partisan)
Little Simz
Grey Area (Age 101/AWAL)
NAO
Saturn (RCA)
SEED Ensemble
Driftglass (Jazz re:freshed)
slowthai
Nothing Great About Britain (Method)
The 1975
A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (Dirty Hit/Polydor)
MERCURY PRIZE NOMS ANNOUNCED
