Mercury Music Prize 2009

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Albums? What a ridiculous concept...

(format nicked wholesale from last year's poll)

[Poll #1433368]

Comments box questions:

Do you feel compelled to check out any of the above?
Do you think this is a fair representation of British Music in 2009?
How do this lot shape up against last year's nominees?

(Stay tuned for news of this year's Lex 20p Indie prize!)

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I actually totally forgot about PJH until reminded - had assumed it would grow on me a bit more than it did, but then I did enjoy it at the time and probably only stopped listening to it b/c the weather got nice. I remember that the closing track is really beautiful.

I was also shocked that the Horrors somehow made a not-unlistenable album, but this didn't equate to an actually good one.

I can't really remember why I dislike P Wolf's music, just that I do - probably his voice - but these constant public tantrums don't do him any good at all.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Yes, I got out of the habit of listening to it after a couple of weeks too, and your comment brought it all back. Funny that.

The first Horrors album is definitely quite silly and a bit of a novelty record, which I certainly did expect to loathe, but I picked it up for a whole £2 at Fopp (thinking "what the hell, may as well listen before I bitch") and was pleasantly surprised that there were a few good ideas lurking - the cartoon misogyny really misses the mark a lot, I have to say - but had no hopes that they'd do anything useful. Hence being more than a little impressed by 'Primary Colours' - OK, they're getting their best ideas from "Pornography" (I'm apparently alone in not regarding this as a Cure zenith but as the start of the decline), but if you're going to steal... I think therefore that I can class it as an at-least-somewhat good album, but will wait to see how well it ages first.

Am thinking of going to see PW at the Gay Icons thing at the NPG - not made up my mind yet. I'm conflicted about him, to say the least.