Scottish Album Of The Year Award 2013 - Longlist Announced
- Written by Danielle Gibson
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) has just announced the long list of twenty albums in the run for the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year Award. These albums represent a variety of genres and musical styles representing the large amount of musical talent in Scotland. Submissions were received by 100 specially invited nominators from Scotland and the rest of the UK music industry as well as elsewhere in the arts and media.
Now a four week promotion of the long list will start which allows the public to stream every one of the twenty albums in the running for the accolade. This will conclude with a 24 hour public vote on Monday 27th May when fans can choose their favourite from the list. The album with the most public votes will secure an automatic place on the SAY Award Shortlist of ten, with the other nine titles being chosen by an independent panel of judges. The winning artist will receive £20,000 and the award ceremony is set to be held at the Barrowlands in Glasgow on Thursday 20 June.
Album Longlist:-
Admiral Fallow Tree Bursts In Snow
Auntie Flo Future Rhythm Machine
Calvin Harris 18 Months
Dam Mantle Brothers Fowl
Django Django Django Django
Duncan Chisholm Affric
Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events
Errors Have Some Faith In Magic
Human Don't Be Angry Human Don't Be Angry
Karine Polwart Traces
Konrad Wiszniewski & Euan Stevenson New Focus
Lau Race The Loser
Meursault Something For The Weakened
Miaoux Miaoux Light of the North
Paul Buchanan Mid Air
PAWS Cokefloat!
RM Hubbert Thirteen Lost & Found
Stanley Odd Reject
The Twilight Sad No One Can Ever Know
The Unwinding Hours Afterlives
Admiral Fallow have said "We're delighted to have made the long list for this year's SAY award with Tree Bursts In Snow. It is particularly pleasing given that the votes for this stage of the award have been collected from a great number of people within the arts in Scotland and further afield. There were some tremendous Scottish records out last year and we are thankful to be given the nod alongside them."
The award will also be strengthened by the joint media partnership of the Sunday Herald and The Scotsman. The Sunday Herald have stated "At a time when Scottish music is experiencing a creative upsurge the Sunday Herald is delighted to be associated with the SAY award. The range and diversity of the music coming from Scotland is astonishing and the Sunday Herald and its sister paper the Herald believe it’s our job to encourage that creativity and to help bring the best of that music to as wide an audience as possible. The long list acts as an impressive showcase for that music and we look forward to providing coverage of the nominated performers in our print and digital platforms.”
For more information about the SAY Awards why not go to their website?