The longlist for the Scottish Album Of The Year (SAY) Award has been revealed for 2022 â see the 20 nominees below.
The annual award pays tribute to the best in Scottish music, and this yearâs award will be handed out at a live ceremony at Stirling’s Albert Halls on October 20.
The longlist was whittled down from 369 eligible record submissions by 100 impartial music industry nominators. Among the nominees for this yearâs award are C Duncan with âAlluviumâ, Kathryn Joseph for her third album âFor You Who Are The Wrongedâ, Walt Disco‘s âUnlearningâ and Fergus McCreadie for his Mercury Prize-nominated âForest Floorâ.
See the full SAY Award 2021 longlist below:
AiiTee â âBetter Daysâ
Andrew Wasylyk â âBalgay Hill: Morning In Magnoliaâ
Annie Booth â âLazybodyâ
Bemz â âM4â
C Duncan â âAlluviumâ
Callum Easter â âSystemâ
Constant Follower â âNeither Is, Nor Ever Wasâ
Declan Welsh and the Decadent West â âItâs Been A Yearâ
Duncan Lyall â âMilestoneâ
Fergus McCreadie â âForest Floorâ
Hamish Hawk â âHeavy Elevatorâ
Hen Hoose â âEqualiserâ
Kathryn Joseph â âFor You Who Are The Wrongedâ
Kobi Onyame â âDonât Drink The Poisonâ
The Ninth Wave â âHeavy Like a Headacheâ
Niteworks â âAâGhrianâ
Proc Fiskal â âSiren Spine Sysexâ
Rebecca Vasmant â âWith Love, From Glasgowâ
Seonaid Aitken Ensemble â âChasing Sakuraâ
Walt Disco â âUnlearning
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Robert Kilpatrick, Creative Director of the Scottish Music Industry Association, said: âAs Scotlandâs national music prize, The SAY Award exists to celebrate the cultural impact and contribution of our nationâs recorded output. 2022âs Longlist presents a dynamic and diverse collection of albums which spans multiple genres and showcases both established and rising talent from across the country.
“Despite the turbulence of recent times, the enduring impact and resonance of the album format remains. As vehicles of both self-discovery and connection with others, their power to ground, inspire and unite us is perhaps more important than ever.”
The longlist will be further whittled down by a specially selected judging panel to create the shortlist of 10 albums for this year’s SAY Award. In addition, the public will be able to vote for their favourite album on the longlist from October 3-5 to ensure it makes the shortlist.
Mogwai were announced as the winners of the 2021 SAY Award for their 10th studio LP âAs The Love Continuesâ. Elsewhere during the ceremony, rising Edinburgh star Lvra was honoured with a new Sound of Young Scotland Award and Frightened Rabbit were crowned the inaugural winner of a new award to recognise a âModern Scottish Classicâ album.
The 2022 SAY Award winner will take away a ÂŁ20,000 prize, with the nine runners-up receiving ÂŁ1,000. Alongside the main award, the Sound of Young Scotland Award and the Modern Scottish Classic Award will also make a return this year.
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