The winner of the tenth annual LOUD WOMEN Hercury Award will be announced this Friday, 23 October!
Every year, Team LOUD WOMEN chooses its favourite albums released by women- and non-binary-led British and Irish bands, celebrating outstanding music that deserves more attention.
This year’s shortlist features 12 albums released between July 2025 and July 2026, spanning punk, indie, alternative rock and plenty that refuses to fit neatly into any category.
The 2026 shortlist
- Breakup Haircut
- Chroma
- The Dead Zoo
- Gimic
- goo
- Irked
- Lime Garden
- mary in the junkyard
- Nervous Twitch
- The New Eves
- Witch Fever
- Yakkie
You can explore all 12 nominated albums in our full 2026 Hercury Award shortlist.
The votes are in, and we’ll reveal Team LOUD WOMEN’s choice on Friday 23 October.
In the meantime, have another listen to the shortlist. Which album would get your vote?