The Scottish Music Industry Association has announced the longlist for this year’s Scottish Album Of The Year Award – have a look at the names below:
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
Karine Polwart – Traces
Konrad Wiszniewski & Euan Stevenson – New Focus
Lau – Race The Loser
Meursault – Something For The Weakened
Miaoux Miaoux – Light Of The North
Malcolm Middleton – Human Don’t Be Angry
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
The longlist was selected by a panel of nominators that included the Quietus’ own Luke Turner alongside others including The Line Of Best Fit’s Francine Gorman, Ian Rankin, Keith Cameron and JD Twitch.
Commenting on his nomination, Malcolm Middleton says: "I am frankly shocked at being nominated. There’s a lot of good new, innovative and enjoyable music coming out of Scotland right now so I’m fortunate to have been accidentally lumped in with all of that. I’m especially pleased the nomination’s for Human Don’t Be Angry, as it’s an album that’s very dear to me and which I feel is the highlight of my musical career so far. Besides, when I don’t win it’ll be my alter-ego that’s lost, not me."
You’ll be able to stream all of the albums on the award’s website for the next four weeks ahead of a public vote on May 27, where the most popular album will be given an automatic place in the ten-strong shortlist. The overall winner will be decided by a judging panel including tQ’s Jude Rogers and Cornershop’s Tjinder Singh among others.
