12 x 1 The Mercury Prize Podcast

<p>Matt Everitt has an in-depth conversation about the inspiration, creation and production behind every nominated album in this year’s Mercury Music Prize.</p>

Black Midi - Schlagenheim

Geordie and Morgan talk meeting at the BRIT school, three-hour jams, birds’ teeth and sweating landlords.

09-12
11:12

Cate Le Bon - Reward

Cate describes her “tempestuous relationship” with this record. Which might have something to do with making it while training to be a furniture-maker in the Lake District.

09-12
24:50

Dave - Psychodrama

The man behind Psychodrama chats with Dotty from 1Xtra about one of the most searing, honest, dramatic and talked-about debut albums in recent memory.

09-12
11:10

Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1

Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis talks climate catastrophe, information overload, quagmires and wormholes – just some of the preoccupations that went into making this record.

09-12
18:32

Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel

Fontaines guitarists Carlos O’Connell and Conor Curley talk us through how Dogrel’s ferocious sound of the record came about. Just don’t ask them about Dublin.

09-12
20:04

IDLES - Joy As An Act Of Resistance

Violence, energy and purpose: IDLES’ Joe Talbot talks about killing fascism with empathy, and his mission to start something better with the power of music.

09-12
18:29

Little Simz - Grey Area

Making mistakes, getting mad, crying: Simz talks about the battle with her inner control freak that took place during the making of Grey Area.

09-12
22:52

NAO - Saturn

Self-confessed overthinker NAO describes how Saturn documents her second coming of age: a break-up, a reinvention and correcting the mistakes of her 20s.

09-12
22:06

SEED Ensemble - Driftglass

Cassie describes how she brought stars from inside and outside London’s booming jazz scene together for her genre-slaying 10-piece.

09-12
20:45

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