The shortlist - meant as a tongue-in-cheek but totally serious alternative to the Mercury Prize for British albums - features the website's argued twelve best songs from the past 12 months. Those songs are...
A couple of disclaimers:
- Yes this is a far weaker list than last year
- I don't know why Rockabye was chosen over Symphony either
- I don't know why 'Boys' was chosen over the one she did with Mura Masa either
- I don't know why Ed Sheeran was allowed to participate either
- I don't know why they can't let Danny L Harle go either
- I don't know why Dua Lipa's been completely snubbed either