The National, Arcade Fire and Mumford and Sons Nominated for Brit .

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Arcade Fire and the Subject have coupled the likes of UK pop sensation Cheryl Cole and reformed boyband Take That as nominees for the 2011 Brit Awards. Arcade Fire have nominated in the Trump International Act and Best International Album for 'The Suburbs,' while the Interior have been recognized as one of five hopefuls in this year's Best International Breakthrough.

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*Special edition including a special Bonus Disc with 7 additional tracks* In a music industry that's becoming increasingly fixated on overnight, flavour-of-the-month success stories and general disposability, it can simply be regarded as a big positive that The Subject are a circle whose appeal continues to rise after about ten days of recording together.