Nationwide Mercury Prize 2006 UK Albums of the Year Album Competition
HOT CHIP 'The Warning'
'The Warning' is the second album by London-based five-piece band, Hot Chip. The album is essentially a home recording by the band, highlighting the contrasting vocal styles of Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard combined with a beguiling synth wizardry. 'The Warning' was released in May 2006 and features the singles 'Over and Over' and 'Boy from School'
'Irresistible DIY electropop - brilliantly realised' - The Judging Panel
ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN 'Ballad of the Broken Seas'
'Ballad of the Broken Seas' is the result of a collaboration between Scottish singer Isobel Campbell, formerly with Glasgow's acclaimed Belle & Sebastian, and the American vocalist Mark Laneghan, who made his reputation with Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age. The album - initiated, produced and primarily written by Campbell - was released by V2 in January 2006
'Eerie and sensual, sweet and sinister, evocative and remarkable' The Judging Panel
EDITORS 'The Back Room'
The four-piece Editors were founded at Staffordshire University and are now based in Birmingham. Signed by Newcastle's lauded Kitchenware label, Editors came to prominence with the single, 'Bullets', at the start of 2005. It was followed by their first Top 20 single 'Blood' and debut album 'The Back Room' in July 2005. The album reached No.2 in the UK album charts at the start of 2006.
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