This year’s Scottish Album of the Year award will be live-streamed above, via tQ, shortly from 7.30pm tonight.
Now in its fourth year, the award was set up by the Scottish Music Industry Association and has become one of the most prestigious prizes in Scottish music with Young Father winning last year’s award, for Tape Two– they’re shortlisted again this year for their Mercury Prize-winning album DEAD. The winner of this year’s prize will be announced as part of the ceremony on Wednesday night, which takes place at Glasgow’s O2 ABC. Each of the acts behind this year’s shortlisted albums receives a £1,000 cash prize. Find out more details on the SAY award here. Check below for a full list of this year’s nominated albums.
Scottish Album of the Year Award 2015 shortlist
Belle & Sebastian – Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance
Errors – Lease Of Life
Happy Meals – Apéro
Honeyblood – Honeyblood
Kathryn Joseph – Bones You Have Thrown Me And Blood I’ve Spilled
Paolo Nutini – Caustic Love (Winner of public vote)
PAWS – Youth Culture Forever
Slam – Reverse Proceed
The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads
Young Fathers – DEAD
