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Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday


Background information
Origin Amityville, New York, United States
Genre(s) Post-Hardcore
Emo
Alternative Rock
Years active 1999—present
Label(s) Victory Records
Associated acts Brand New
Happy Body Slow Brain
The Color Fred
Facing New York
The Movielife
Straylight Run
Envy on the Coast
Terrible Things
Website Website
Members
Adam Lazzara
John Nolan
Eddie Reyes
Shaun Cooper
Mark O'Connell
Former members
Matthew Rubano
Fred Mascherino
Antonio Longo
Jesse Lacey
Steven DeJoseph
Matthew Fazzi



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The xx Win Mercury Prize 2010

September 8, 2010
The xx Win Mercury Prize 2010The xx have won this year’s Mercury Prize for their self-titled debut album ‘xx’.

The band beat eleven other acts to take home the award at a ceremony in London tonight (September 7).

Singer Oliver Sim said the award felt like "a weird moment of clarity" as they gave their acceptance speech.

"We’ve had the most incredible year and it’s just felt like every day we’ve woken up to something incredible that we just weren’t expecting," he said.

"It’s felt a bit like a haze."

The trio’s debut album had been hotly tipped for the award ahead of the ceremony.

Released in August 2009, it was described by Gigwise as “an unravelling conversation of prolonged melancholic optimism”.

The Mercury Prize recognises the best album of the last twelve months from a British or Irish act. The winner also receives a £20,000 prize.

Paul Weller, Wild Beasts, Biffy Clyro, Foals, Corinne Bailey Rae and Dizzee Rascal were among the other nominees this year. Relative outsiders ahead of the ceremony included Laura Marling, I Am Kloot and Kits Downes Trio.

The awards ceremony took place at the Grosvenor Hotel in London.

Previous winners of the award have included Primal Scream, Arctic Monkeys, Elbow and Klaxons.

(by Jason Gregory)



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