The Hyundai Mercury Prize today released the next video in their series in which artists discuss their shortlisted album in depth. This week's video sees Dave delve into 'Psychodrama', dissecting the inspiration, artwork and more, as well as how it feels to be included as part of the 12 'Albums of the Year'.

The concept of Dave's debut album is based on a form of therapy which encourages those participating to express their feelings in whichever way is best for them:

"Psychodrama is a form of therapy and it is just expressing how you feel in whatever way is the most creative to you. Some people act it out, some people sing it out, people find their own different ways. And I think for me, it was just about making a track which in every walk of life just sheds some light on me, the person that I am, the scope of the world around me.

"Given the album's heavy emotional weight, Dave wanted to reflect that emotion in the album artwork through colour, an association he has always found in music.

"A friend of mine, a very talented artist Tyler Remikie drew it up, but I guess the thought process behind it was emotions and colours. That is something I have been pretty big on in music when I've been making it. My favourite colour is blue as you can see [points to his blue t-shirt] and imagine. But for me it was always what does the colour blue represent? What colour does the album sound like? Does it feel angry? Is it red? Is it mellow? Blue is a colour that represented it

"The flaming head image was a visual representation as to what was going on in my head a lot of the time when I was making the album. That sort of chaos, the rage and the fire inside of me mixed with sadness and a mellow nature came together and made that blue flame. Which is, I guess, what goes hand in hand when people think of the album. You think of that blue flaming head."

For those who haven't yet delved into Dave's work, he'd recommend the album's opening track, 'Psycho':

"['Psycho'] gives you a very, very general view of what the album is gonna be like; it cycles through the most moods. And I think it is reflective of the whole album. Some tracks are faster, some are slower...a lot are slower. And I think if I picked any other track it would not be a fair representation but 'Psycho'... has it all."

To make it onto the Hyundai Mercury Prize shortlist was a big deal for Dave:

"[It] feels great to make the shortlist for this year's Mercury Prize. It's a massive honour. It's one of the biggest awards in music and it's all about the music, you know? It's all about one thing."

Fans can check out the video below.