Mercury Prize 2024: check out the shortlisted nominees here

nme.com:

Mercury Prize 2024 have been revealed, with the list including Charli XCX, The Last Dinner Party and more.Announced today (July 25), the 12 albums up for the award were announced live by Tom Ravenscroft on BBC Radio 6 Music.As ever, they were chosen by an independent judging panel, which this year includes Jamie Cullum and Mistajam, and albums released between July 15, 2023 and July 12, 2024 were eligible.Among those featured on this year’s shortlist are ex-Portishead member Beth Gibbons, for her long-awaited debut solo album ‘Lives Outgrown’ – an LP made over the course of 10 years and finally released back in February.

Also being nominated for a debut album are rising indie-rock band The Last Dinner Party, who shared ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’ at the start of the year to a glowing response from critics.Others who made the cut include Barry Can’t Swim (‘When Will We Land?’), BERWYN (‘Who Am I?’), Cat Burns (‘Early Twenties’), Corinne Bailey Rae (‘Black Rainbows’) and corto.alto (‘Bad With Names’).Additionally, Leeds band and NME cover stars English Teacher have been shortlisted for their landmark debut ‘This Could Be Texas’ – which was described by NME as seeing the group “already dealing in brilliance” – as has Charli XCX for ‘BRAT’, which has become the soundtrack of the summer and a pop culture phenomenon since its release last month.The list is rounded out by Nia Archives’ album ‘Silence Is Loud’, Ghetts’ ‘On Purpose, With Purpose’, and CMAT’s ‘Crazymad, For Me’.