Meredith rose to the top of a talent-rich shortlist which featured albums by Young Fathers, CHVRCHES, C Duncan, Django Django, Rachel Sermanni, Hudson Mohawke, Miaoux Miaoux, and more.

Responding on Twitter, Meredith succinctly wrote: "ShhhhiiiiiiiiTTTTTTTT!!!!!", before adding:

Totally gobsmacked by @SAYaward gobsmackagé last night. 100% didn't expect it. Massive thankUZ 4all the lovely msgs pic.twitter.com/hLz6rTf5kZ

— Anna Meredith (@AnnaHMeredith) June 30, 2016

Read Complete Control, our Longread interview with Meredith about being a "puppet master".

Listen to Varmints below.