The Mercury Prize, the prestigious British and Irish music award that celebrates the album format, has announced its 12 nominees for 2024.
Several artists receive nominations for the second time – namely Ghetts, Berwyn, Corinne Bailey Rae and Charli XCX, whose album BRAT continues to dominate pop discourse, this week reaching as far as Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.
The Last Dinner Party, whose debut album Prelude To Ecstasy has already topped the BBC Sound Poll and scooped up the Brits Critics' Choice Award for 2024, are also amongst this year's nominees.
The Last Dinner Party
Portishead's Beth Gibbons receives her first solo nomination for her album Lives Outgrown – songs from the mid-course of life, when ‘looking ahead no longer yields what it used to, and looking back has a sudden, sharper focus’.
Of the honour, Gibbons says: ‘Really great surprise to be part of the 12 Mercury albums of the year, something I never expected. Big thanks to all who have supported the album, it means so much.’
See the full list of Mercury Prize 'albums of the year' below.
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 Bad with Names
English Teacher This Could Be Texas
Ghetts On Purpose, With Purpose
Nia Archives Silence Is Loud
The Last Dinner Party Prelude to Ecstasy
The winner will be announced in September 2024 via the BBC.
-
How guest editor Marcio Kogan, during a visit to the movies, ‘discovered that something else exists in the world, real poetry’Marcio Kogan is a guest editor of Wallpaper* October 2024. In his dedicated section, we discover how the world of cinema’s loss was architecture’s gain when a feature film failed but a dream space creator rose from the ashes
-
Discover Tempe à Pailla, a lesser-known Eileen Gray gem nestled in the French RivieraTempe à Pailla is a modernist villa in the French Riviera brimming with history, originally designed by architect Eileen Gray and extended by late British painter Graham Sutherland
-
Guest editor St. Vincent and Alex Da Corte on making the dark and uncanny world of All Born ScreamingSt. Vincent is a Wallpaper* guest editor for 2024. Here, the shape-shifting musician deliberates with her long-time collaborator, conceptual artist Alex Da Corte, about the human condition, finding inspiration in dark places, and the merry dance with chaos that is a creative's path
-
Guest editor St. Vincent and Alex Da Corte on making the dark and uncanny world of All Born Screaming
St. Vincent is a Wallpaper* guest editor for 2024. Here, the shape-shifting musician deliberates with her long-time collaborator, conceptual artist Alex Da Corte, about the human condition, finding inspiration in dark places, and the merry dance with chaos that is a creative's path
-
The story behind Arcadia’s mechanical dragonfly: a Falklands helicopter turned dance stage and Glastonbury’s newest additionAt this year’s Glastonbury festival, its newest addition celebrated the earth and the bringing together of people – as well as putting on one hell of a party. Wallpaper* was invited for a tour.
-
At Glastonbury’s Shangri-La, activism and innovation meetGlastonbury’s south-east corner is known for its after-dark entertainment but by day, there is a different story to tell
-
Remembering Rusty Egan's Blitz Club: a place to 'avoid the mob and the homophobes', where the New Romantics were bornAs he releases new vinyl boxset, 'Blitzed!', Wallpaper* meets DJ Rusty Egan to talk about London's scene-building Blitz club – the antidote to the late 70s punk scene and a hot-bed of experimental fashion
-
David Lynch's mysterious new project reignites a long-standing collaborationDavid Lynch and Chrystabell are releasing a new album – listen to the first song, out today
-
‘Beyond the Bassline’: 500 years of Black music in BritainMusic is the touchpaper for this superb social-history exhibition at the British Library, London
-
Secret 7” is back with limited-edition vinyl cover art to aid War ChildSecret 7” returns with it charity auction of seven new mystery tracks sealed behind 700 uniquely designed vinyl cover sleeves (and anyone can bid)
-
How Oscar-nominated ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ made a star of the most ear-popping song of the yearWallpaper* meets ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ favourites Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, whose cover of 50 Cent's ‘P.I.M.P’ muscles its way into the Oscar-nominated courtroom drama
