The alternative Sound of 2014: Who we'd have liked to make the top 5
Let us decide next time, BBC
![5. Royal Blood: The Sound of 2014 shortlist was missing a bit of good old noisy rock and roll this year, and we feel Royal Blood deserved to feature amongst a electronic/R&B dominated countdown. [Photo: Horst Friedrichs]](http://static.gigwise.com/gallery/6020383_1277345_542086969189969_668438733_o.jpg)
- 5. Royal Blood: The Sound of 2014 shortlist was missing a bit of good old noisy rock and roll this year, and we feel Royal Blood deserved to feature amongst a electronic/R&B dominated countdown. [Photo: Horst Friedrichs]
The BBC have finalised and announced the shortlist of their annual Sound of countdown, and obviously we disagreed with most of it.
Sam Smith has been named the official winner (round of applause etc) ahead of the likes of Ella Eyre, Banks, Sampha and George Ezra, all of whom placed in the Top Five. But these aren't who we would have chosen, not by a long shot.
The longlist is full to bursting with excellent new acts, from 19 year old US rappers to Australian-Swedish twin sister, and they're all (mostly) great in their own way. Here's our fantasy Sound of 2014 shortlist. Who would you choose to be in yours?
