Mercury Prize Nominations - funfunfun

Much like, fellow Mercury Prize blogger, Frank Yang, Londoner Tim Murray is a blogger come music photographer, as this picture of Mercury Prize nomination hopefuls Fanfarlo proves. His funfunfun blog has been running since February 2006 and was an early fan of the likes of Slow Club, Los Campesinos! and fellow Mercury Prize hopefuls Noah And The Whale.

He kicks off his personal Mercury Prize shortlist with the "best British debut of the year" from Glasgow's We Were Promised Jetpacks. June's These Four Walls was described as "tense, agitated and epic in places" by the writer.

Also making the list are Sheffield mathcore quintet Rolo Tomassi, with September's "bruising, challenging and aggressive" Hysterics, which Murray particularly hopes will get nominated if only to allow him to "watch Jools Holland's face as it melts from the awesome mayhem that would ensue" from the band's ceremony performance.

Other nods go to the "clever and spacious indie rock" of Sky Larkin's The Golden Spike and If You Leave It Alone from Wymeswold's The Wave Pictures.

Fresh faced female folk makes an appearance on the funfunfun list in the form of 18 year old Alessi's Ark and the "devastatingly beautiful" debut from Blue Roses' Laura Groves.

Finishing up the funfunfun list is Tim's "dance choice for this year's prize". Toddla T's Skanky Skanky is "full of dancehall enthusiasm, jungle energy and some body-bending beats". High praise indeed.

Read Tim's full article at funfunfun

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