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Lauren Laverne has announced the full shortlist to the upcoming 2013 Mercury Music Prize awards.

Whilst many have shown disappointment in the lack of London Grammar’s inclusion for their debut If You Wait, the full list proves the excellence of Britain’s current rise in musical exports; any of the nominees would make worthy winners.

Check out the full list below as well as a link to download each album:

Arctic Monkeys – AM

David Bowie – Next Day

Disclosure – Settle

Foals – Holy Fire

Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg

James Blake – Overgrown

Jon Hopkins – Immunity

Laura Marling – Once I Was An Eagle

Laura Mvula – Sing to the Moon

Rudimental – Home

Savages – Silence Yourself

Villagers – Awayland