Mercury Prize: Vocoders, blenders and angry Turkish men

The albums in the running for the 2014 Barclaycard Mercury Prize, given to the best British or Irish record of the last 12 months, have been announced.

The acts include Bombay Bicycle Club, Royal Blood, Jungle and early favourite FKA Twigs.

Damon Albarn, Nick Mulvey, poet and rapper Kate Tempest, and Anna Calvi are also up for the £20,000 prize.

GoGo Penguin, Polar Bear and East India Youth and Young Fathers complete the 12-strong list, with the winner being announced on 29 October.

Newsbeat's music reporter Sinead Garvan spoke to some of the nominees (and the evening's host, Radio 1's Alice Levine) to see how it feels to be on the list and to find out about some of the stranger moments during the making of their albums.

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