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Awards
Doves and Boots already Mercury favourites
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 23 June 2009
The shortlist hasn’t been announced yet, but bets are already being placed on what album will win the Mercury Music Prize this year, with Little Boots’ debut and the latest Doves offering currently joint favourites apparently. I’m now having to give the latter a second listen because I was a bit disappointed when I first heard it. Both ‘Hands’ and ‘Kingdom Of Rust’ have 5-1 odds, while Bat For Lashes’s ‘Two Suns’ is third favourite with 6-1. Debut long players from La Roux and Florence And The Machine are also being tipped, even though they’re not out yet (though they have been serviced to press and radio). The nominations for this year’s Mercury Prize will be announced next month.
