"A raft of familiar names fill this year's list of Mercury prize nominations, with only two debuts among the 12 shortlisted albums. In Limerence, the first full-length by the Scottish folk songwriter Jacob Alon, and Hamstrings and Hurricanes, the first by Welsh jazz musician Joe Webb, will compete with the likes of Pulp's comeback album More, folk godfather Martin Carthy's Transform Me Then Into a Fish and the album with the UK's biggest opening week of the year so far, People Watching by Sam Fender."
"The list is split 50/50 between male and female or mixed acts. The solo female artists on the list tend to the iconoclastic: Irish pop star Cmat's acclaimed third album Euro-Country, Leeds jazz musician Emma-Jean Thackray's Weirdo, FKA twigs' Eusexua and PinkPantheress's mixtape Fancy That. As for bands, as well as Pulp, the Irish band Fontaines DC (Romance) and London four-piece Wolf Alice (The Clearing) appear. There is just one rap album on the list, Afrikan Alien by Pa Salieu."
The 12-album Mercury shortlist combines familiar names and two first albums: Limerence by Jacob Alon and Hamstrings and Hurricanes by Joe Webb. Notable entries include Pulp's More, Martin Carthy's Transform Me Then Into a Fish and Sam Fender's People Watching, which had the UK's biggest opening week so far. The roster is evenly split between male and female or mixed acts, with solo female artists tending toward iconoclastic work from Cmat, Emma-Jean Thackray, FKA twigs and PinkPantheress. Bands include Fontaines DC and Wolf Alice. The list contains one rap entry and one jazz nomination, with metal absent and several repeat nominees.
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