Arlo Parks, Mogwai, Wolf Alice, more nominated for Mercury Prize 2021

The Mercury Prize, which recognizes albums outside of the mainstream, has named its 2021 list of nominees and it’s a diverse group.

The full list of Mercury Prize 2021 nominees is:

• Arlo Parks “Collapsed in Sunbeams” (pictured above)
• Berwyn “Demotape/Vega
• Black Country, New Road “For the First Time”
• Celeste “Not Your Muse”
• Ghetts “Conflict of Interest”
• Hannah Peel “Fir Wave”
• Laura Mvula “Pink Noise”
• Mogwai “As the Love Continues”
• Nubya Garcia “Source”
• Sault “Untitled (Rise)”
• Wolf Alice “Blue Weekend”

The 2021 Awards Show will take place on September 9th at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith UK.

photo: Arlo Parks by SamuelWren98, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons