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The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award 2018 Longlist Unveiled

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The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award 2018 Longlist Unveiled


The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award celebrates artistic endeavor with the announcement of this year’s 20 Longlisted albums. A panel of 100 expert nominators were asked to vote for their favourite new releases, with the results unveiled tonight by broadcaster and journalist Nicola Meighan at an exclusive gig at Glasgow’s King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. The Longlist recognises artistic achievement across a wide range of contemporary music genres and provides a snapshot of the incredible depth and resonance of music being made by artists living and working in Scotland.

Now in its seventh year, The SAY Award is Scotland’s most popular and prestigious music prize. The winning artist will pick up a £20,000 prize – provided by long-term Award partner Creative Scotland – with the nine runners-up each receiving £1,000.

The SAY Award 2018 Longlist is as follows (in alphabetical order):
1. Adam Holmes and The Embers – Midnight Milk
2. BABE – Kiss & Tell
3. Best Girl Athlete – Best Girl Athlete
4. Blue Rose Code – The Water of Leith
5. Catholic Action – In Memory Of
6. Chris Stout and Catriona McKay – Bare Knuckle
7. Elephant Sessions – All We Have Is Now
8. Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending
9. Golden Teacher – No Luscious Life
10. Happy Meals (now known as Free Love) – Full Ashram Devotional Ceremony (Volumes IV - VI)
11. Karine Polwart with Pippa Murphy – A Pocket Of Wind Resistance
12. Kobi Onyame – Gold
13. Martha Ffion – Sunday Best
14. Mogwai – Every Country’s Sun
15. Neon Waltz – Strange Hymns
16. Out Lines – Conflats
17. Pronto Mama – Any Joy
18. Siobhan Wilson – There Are No Saints
19. The Spook School – Could It Be Different
20. Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar

Listen to and learn more about each album on The SAY Award Longlist by visiting sayaward.com where there will be two featured albums every day from Monday 6th August.

Robert Kilpatrick, General Manager, Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA), said:

“This year’s Longlist celebrates another 20 incredibly strong, diverse and important contemporary Scottish records. It was great to reveal these tonight at King Tut’s in Glasgow, to an audience featuring artists, industry and music fans from across the country. The announcement was set to a backdrop of incredible live performances from previously nominated acts, and we were delighted to be raising money for our Charity Partner Help Musicians Scotland. On behalf of the Scottish Music Industry Association, I’d like to congratulate all of this year’s Longlisted artists on fantastic album releases.â€

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