In a sort of Mercury Music Prize for debut albums only, Xfm listeners have been voting for their favourite debut long player of 2007 and a shortlist of ten has just been announced. Artists and music industry types will now select an overall winner, which will be announced at a bash at Koko in London on 16 Jan.
The shortlist is as follows...
Air Traffic - Fractured Life
The Enemy - Well Live and Die In These Towns
Frank Turner - Sleep Is For The Week
Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks
Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
The Maccabees - Colour It In
The Pigeon Detectives - Wait For Me
The Twang - Love It When I Feel Like This
The View - Hats Off To The Buskers
The Wombats - Proudly Present.. A Guide To Love, Loss and Desperation
'The' bands are still in fashion I see. Here's what Xfm music chief Mike Walsh says about the shortlist: "We've always known that Xfm listeners have excellent taste and here is more proof. This is a very strong list of 10 great British debut albums and Xfm is proud to have been associated with all of them. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the judges decide is the overall winner, it will not be an easy call".