The shortlist for the 2013 Mercury Prize has been revealed overnight, with the likes of legendary musician David Bowie, dance game-changers Disclosure, indie rockers Arctic Monkeys and electro producer, singer-songwriter James Blake all up for Album Of The Year.
Check out the full list of artists and their respective albums:
Arctic Monkeys - AM
David Bowie - The Next Day
Disclosure - Settle
Foals - Holy Fire
James Blake - Overgrown
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon
Rudimental - Home
Savages - Silence Yourself
Villagers - {Awayland}
There's a definite dance/electro vibe to this year's nominations with names like Rudimental, Jon Hopkins and the Lawrence brothers from Disclosure. In somewhat of a surprise, the Arctic Monkeys' album was only officially released last week. What do you make of the list?
Last year's winner was Alt-J with their acclaimed LP An Awesome Wave.
