Wolf Alice win Mercury Prize

thomasross20

Had a listen - a little bit depressing. Great that they're doing what they're doing but it's not for me.

joetele

octatonic said:

I've tried liking them but they just sound like a Sonic Youth meets The Breeders mash up.

I can't see anything to complain about from that description. 

I loved their debut, but felt a bit let down by this one - however, I'm one of those people for whom it takes a good 5 - 10 listens to truly get into an album, and for it to 'click'. So I'll go back to it. 

Heartfeltdawn

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

I was rooting for Nadine Shah as she's from the same little village as me and went to the same school as me. My wife was good friends with her back in the day. (Beat that for shit, tenuous celebrity-related factoid of the day, I dare ya!)

Still, glad that Wolf Alice won over tired old acts like Noel (f**king) Gallagher.

One of my favourite post-Mercury tweets came from a chap complaining that Noel was on the shortlist as apparently the Mercury Prize always represents the best of cutting edge modern music. I'm not sure the young 20-something chap had ever heard of M People. 

As for the awards... who gives a fuck? One bunch of people say an album is better than anything else. Yawn.