This is a video of me and sam discussing some of the mercury prize nominees
Jessie Ware – Free Yourself
- Energetic performance
- sounds like something you would hear in an advert on TV
- Disco type music
- all dressed casually like they are going out to a party
- uplifting
- Reminds me of 80s style pop music like Whitney Houston
Lankum – Go Dig My Grave
- Interesting use of instruments
- I liked the use of medieval instruments
- They also mixed acoustic with electronic which I found interesting as well
- The violinist plays his violin with out a bow and just plucks at it with his thumb
- Very unique performance
- All dressed in black except from the singer
- Almost looks like they are wearing tunics
- Sat down for performance
- The song reminds me of traditional Celtic music
Jockstrap – Concrete Over Water
- Sounds like something out of this world
- Almost intergalactic with the synths
- The pianist looks almost bored which might have been on purpose
- The singer is the only one who is dressed for the occasion
- The pianist is just wearing a Givenchy T-shirt
- The instrument goes from slow to hard-hitting and then calms down
- No crowed interaction again this might of been on purpose
- Singer plays violin towards the end adding to the dynamic of the song