Fontaines DC nominated for Mercury Prize

Music
25 Jul 19

Fontaines DC at Forbidden Fruit 2019 Monday 3rd of June. Copyright Miguel Ruiz.
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The Dublin band are one of 12 acts nominated for the Mercury Prize 2019.

Fontaines DC have today been nominated for a Mercury Prize for their phenomenal debut album, Dogrel.

The 12 nominees for the prize include Anna Calvi, Dave, Idles, Slowthai, Foals, The 1975, Little Simz, Nao, See Ensemble, Black Midi, Cate Le Bon and Fontaines DC.

Read our review of the album here and our full, extensive interview with them back in April here.

Massive congratulations to our 2019 #HyundaiMercuryPrize Albums of the Year!@the1975 / #the1975, @annacalvi, @bmblackmidi, @CateLeBon, @Santandave1, @foals, @fontainesdublin, @idlesband, @LittleSimz, @thisNAO, @seedensemble and @slowthai

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— Mercury Prize (@MercuryPrize) July 25, 2019