Alt-J, the UK alternative indie pop quartet, was awarded the Barclaycard Mercury Prize. The title celebrates the album, An Awesome Wave and honors it as the best British Album in the past year. PJ Harvey was won this award last year.
Nominees:
Jessie Ware: Devotion
Django Django: Django Django
The Maccabees: Given to the Wild
Roller Trio: Roller Trio
Richard Hawley: Standing at the Sky’s Edge
Field Music: Plumb
Michael Kiwanuka: Home Again
Ben Howard: Every Kingdom
Plan B: Ill Manors
Lianne La Havas: Is Your Love Big Enough
Sam Lee: Ground of Its Own
Alt-J is comprised of Gwil Sainsbury (guitarist/bassist), Joe Newman (guitar/vocals), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards) and Thom Green (drums). The band met during their time at Leeds University in 2007. Their debut album, An Awesome Wave, pulls from genres such as folk, rock, pop, hip-hop and atmospheric indie rock.
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