The ten albums nominated for the Meteor Choice Music Prize have been announced.
The following list will battle it out to be crowned 'Irish Album of the Year 2014' at Vicar Street on Thursday, March 5th. A judging panel comprised of Irish media professionals have collectively chosen the shortlist, and will gather to argue out decide the winner on the evening of the ceremony.
A number of nominated artists TBC will perform live on the night, and the show will be broadcast live on Paul McLoone's Today FM radio show. A one-hour TV special will also be broadcast on RTE2 on Sunday, March 8th.
Without further ado, here's the list of nominated albums:
Aphex Twin - Syro
Delorentos - Night Becomes Light
The Gloaming - The Gloaming
Hozier - Hozier
James Vincent McMorrow - Post Tropical
Sinead O'Connor - I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss
Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy
The Riptide Movement - Getting Through
U2 - Songs of Innocence
We Cut Corners - Think Nothing