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Matt and Fran welcome back regular guest Sam for our annual Mercury Prize special. There’s 12 albums on the shortlist, so expect plenty of arguments and general pickiness from all three of the Bastards this month. Albums covered in the episode include:

Arlo Parks  – Collapsed in Sunbeams
BERWYN  – DEMOTAPE/VEGA
Black Country, New Road  – For the First Time
Celeste  – Not Your Muse
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra  – Promises
Ghetts  – Conflict of Interest
Hannah Peel  – Fir Wave
Laura Mvula  – Pink Noise
Mogwai – As the Love Continues
Nubya Garcia  – SOURCE
SAULT  – Untitled (Rise)
Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend