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MERCURY PRIZE: Wolf Alice + Franz Ferdinand

This week, we celebrate the previous winners of the Mercury Prize, an annual award for the best album released by a band from the UK or Ireland.

  • Alternative rock band Wolf Alice, who are also shortlisted this year, break down the making of "Don't Delete the Kisses" from their Mercury Prize winning album Visions of a Life.
  • Franz Ferdinand won the Mercury Prize in 2004 and in this episode lead singer and guitarist Alex Kapranos talks about how a preset melody on a keyboard, and a movie about snipers, inspired the Scottish group's biggest hit, "Take Me Out."
Tshego Letsoalo is the Music Editorial Director at KALW