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Mercury Prize 2014: Young Fathers Beat Damon Albarn And FKA Twigs To Win Prize With Album ‘Dead' (PICS)

Young Fathers Scoop The Mercury Prize 2014
Rachel McGrath
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Young Fathers have been named the winners of the 2014 Barclaycard Mercury Prize for Album Of The Year.

The Edinburgh-based trio won the prize for their release ‘Dead’, beating competition from acts including Damon Albarn, FKA Twigs and chart-toppers Royal Blood.

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The band decided to keep their speech brief, with band member Alloysious Massaquoi simply stating: “Thank you, we love you, we love you all."

After accepting the prize, he told the BBC: “We go out and do what we do."

"We'll take it in our stride," added Graham 'G' Hastings. "We always wanted to make something bigger than the city we were living in."

Ahead of the London ceremony, FKA Twigs was tipped as the favourite to scoop the prize for her album ‘LP2’, while poet Kate Tempest was also hotly-tipped.

Previous winners of the Mercury Prize include Pulp, Alt-J and James Blake.

The Mercury Prize Awards Show will be screened on Channel 4 at 11.40pm on Friday 31 October.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Gemma Cairney at the Barclaycard Mercury Prize at The Roundhouse on 29th October 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images for Maserati) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Damon Albarn attends the Barclaycard Mercury Prize at The Roundhouse on 29th October 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images for Maserati) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: FKA Twigs attends the Barclaycard Mercury Prize at The Roundhouse on 29th October 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images for Maserati) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Anna Calvi attends the Barclaycard Mercury Prize at The Roundhouse on 29th October 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images for Maserati) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Mike Kerr (R) and Ben Thatcher from Royal Blood attend the Barclaycard Mercury Prize at The Roundhouse on 29th October 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images for Maserati) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Lianne La Havas attends the Barclaycard Mercury Prize at The Roundhouse on 29th October 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images for Maserati) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Alloysious Massaquoi, 'G' Hastings and Kayus Bankole of Young Fathers pose in the winners room at the Barclaycard Mercury Prize at The Roundhouse on October 29, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images) (credit:Ben A. Pruchnie via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Alloysious Massaquoi, 'G' Hastings and Kayus Bankole of Young Fathers, the winners of Album of the Year Barclaycard Mercury Prize at The Roundhouse on 29th October 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images for Maserati) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Alloysious Massaquoi, 'G' Hastings and Kayus Bankole of Young Fathers, the winners of Album of the Year Barclaycard Mercury Prize at The Roundhouse on 29th October 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images for Maserati) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)

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