James Blake, the breathtakingly princely post-dubstep pop star who's making a strong case to reconsider the original Bieber haircut, has won the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for his album Overgrown.
Though Kevin Shields thinks it's fixed, the prize was awarded today (October 30) to Blake. According to NME, host Lauren Laverne mistakenly introduced Blake as "James Blunt," a mix-up that may or may not have caused a single tear to run down Blake's flawless, porcelain-like cheek.
In alphabetical order, the following albums were nominated for the prize:
Arctic Monkeys - AM
David Bowie - The Next Day
Disclosure - Settle
Foals - Holy Fire
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
James Blake - Overgrown
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
Rudimental - Home
Savages - Silence Yourself
Villagers - Awayland
Though Kevin Shields thinks it's fixed, the prize was awarded today (October 30) to Blake. According to NME, host Lauren Laverne mistakenly introduced Blake as "James Blunt," a mix-up that may or may not have caused a single tear to run down Blake's flawless, porcelain-like cheek.
In alphabetical order, the following albums were nominated for the prize:
Arctic Monkeys - AM
David Bowie - The Next Day
Disclosure - Settle
Foals - Holy Fire
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
James Blake - Overgrown
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
Rudimental - Home
Savages - Silence Yourself
Villagers - Awayland
