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The Lockdown Playlist
IN THIS PHOTO: Kano
The Hyundai Mercury Prize 2020 Shortlist
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ON Thursday…
IN THIS PHOTO: Charli XCX
the shortlist for this year’s Hyundai Mercury Prize was unveiled. The ceremony will take place in September but, at the moment, nobody is sure what form it will take. The past year has been a strong one for British and E.I.R.E. music, and the shortlist is a broad and interesting one. There has been some criticism that not many albums from the fringes has been included; perhaps too little in the way of anything heavier-sounding but, as only twelve albums can be included, it is difficult to please everyone! The Hyundai Mercury Prize shortlist this year consists:
Porridge Radio - Every Bad
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter
Sports Team - Deep Down Happy
Kano - Hoodies All Summer
Anna Meredith - FIBS
Georgia - Seeking Thrills
Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd
Moses Boyd - Dark Matter
Charli XCX - how i’m feeling now
Stormzy - Heavy Is the Head
Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA
To honour the announced shortlist, I have put together a playlist featuring three songs from each of the nominated dozen albums. I am sure that there is enough in the playlist to get your weekend kicking. No matter what your music tastes are, one has to concede that the shortlist this year, all things considered, is actually…
IN THIS PHOTO: Lanterns on the Lake
PRETTY damned good.