Alt-J have swiped this year's Mercury music prize. After being tipped as one of the favourites from the beginning, the quartet have nabbed a £20,000 cash prize beating off competitors in singer-songwriter's Jessie Ware and Lianne La Havas, Sunderland duo Field Music and former Pulp guitarist Richard Hawley to name a few.
Alt-J have experienced a meteoric rise over this past year. From receiving stellar reviews of their LP and live shows, to packing out venues ever since Fitzpleasure wormed its way into our eardrums. For me, I think they are deserved winners, I either wanted Alt-J or The Maccabees to win - both bands who I've been fortunate enough to see live. The former much more recent during Liverpool Sound City in May this year. It was one of the performances that I needed to see and in such an intimate venue as the Kazimier, they certainly impressed. Have a listen to Matilda below - one of the highlights off the four-piece's debut, An Awesome Wave.
The award show will be shown tomorrow on Channel 4 at 11.35pm.
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