"There’s no formula, there’s no rules and that’s why it’s so exciting," Wolf Alice's Ellie Rowsell said of the album format. "I hope the romance of the album never dies"
Including tracks by Bruno Mars and Wolf Alice
Other fans were more disappointed by this year's omissions, with one writing: "No Geordie Greep?! No Laura Marling?! Mercury prize you’ve lost your head brother"
This year's ceremony takes place next month in Newcastle
It's the fourth single from the four-piece's latest album 'The Clearing'
The band play 11 dates across the US and Canada starting September 10
They also played ‘White Leather’, a B-side from their debut album
Now firmly in their thirties, the band are out of the woods of the chaos of their twenties, and settling into new levels of self-acceptance and self-assurance
Fans can apply for tickets by pre-ordering the forthcoming record
The band's fourth album is out later this month