Young Fathers have won this year’s Mercury Prize, picking up the gong for their album, ‘Dead’. They beat off competing entries from the likes of Jungle, Kate Tempest, Bombay Bicycle Club, Royal Blood and Anna Calvi, amongst others.

“We’re an odd group,” the band told DIY before the ceremony. “It’s not something you can just sell to people and be like, ‘This is it’. This isn’t a guitar band. It’s not something that’s straight down the line.”

They were awarded the accolade at a ceremony in the Roundhouse, London this evening (Wednesday 29th October), which also saw live performances from each of the artists in the running.

The full list of nominees was as follows:

Anna Calvi - One Breath

Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow

Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots

East India Youth - Total Strife Forever

FKA Twigs - LP1

GoGo Penguin - V2.0

Jungle - Jungle

Kate Tempest - Everybody Down

Nick Mulvey - First Mind

Polar Bear - In Each And Every One

Royal Blood - Royal Blood

Young Fathers - Dead