Mercury prize 2018 is won by Wolf Alice for Visions of a Life
Genre-hopping rockers claim £25,000 prize for an album the Guardian called ‘an exuberant jumble’Wolf Alice have won the 2018 Hyundai Mercury prize for their second album, 2017’s Visions of a Life.Frontperson Ellie Rowsell said: “This means so much to pick this up with my three best friendsâ€, while guitarist Theo Ellis recalled how the band were knocked back by a record label head for their image, for Rowsell wearing makeup, and for their genre-resistant take on...
Stereogum — Wolf Alice have just won the 2018 Mercury Prize for their album Visions Of A Life. The prize is awarded annually to the best album of the year by a British or Irish outfi... more info
Guardian Music — Genre-hopping rockers claim £25,000 prize for an album the Guardian called ‘an exuberant jumble’Wolf Alice have won the 2018 Hyundai Mercury prize for the... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Wolf Alice's LP beat out other records by other UK acts like Arctic Monkeys, King Krule, Noel Gallagher, and others.
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Sky News — Rock band Wolf Alice have pipped the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Florence + The Machine and Lily Allen to win the 2018 Mercury Prize. more info
Reuters — Rock band Wolf Alice won Britain's Mercury Prize on Thursday for album "Visions of a Life", beating off competition from the likes of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds a... more info
MTV.co.uk News — The show featured some truly stunning performances from the likes of Lily Allen, Jorja Smith, Florence + The Machine & more... more info