The nominations for the SAY Award longlist have been announced and are as follows:
Belle & Sebastian – Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance
Blue Rose Code – The Ballads Of Peckham Rye
Errors – Lease Of Life
Fatherson – I Am An Island
Happy Meals – Apéro
Honeyblood – Honeyblood
Idlewild – Everything Ever Written
Kathryn Joseph – Bones You Have Thrown Me And Blood I’ve Spilled
King Creosote – From Scotland With Love
Mike Vass – In The Wake Of Neil Gunn
Mogwai – Rave Tapes
Paolo Nutini – Caustic Love
PAWS – Youth Culture Forever
Slam – Reverse Proceed
The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads
The Phantom Band – Strange Friend
The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave
Treacherous Orchestra – Grind
Withered Hand – New Gods
Young Fathers – DEAD
There are no doubt a plethora of established artists amongst the line-up including Mogwai and Idlewild whose stamina continues to impress me, however for me there are a few others that I really hope score the prize.
The Twilight Sad and PAWS are two bands in particular who have worked incredibly hard and knowing that they still struggle financially despite being on a label (FatCat Records), then it is worth remembering that everything isn’t peachy as soon as you get signed. On a more positive note, it is recognition like this that cannot be ignored.
For me however, Kathryn Joseph is the one I want to win. First introduced to me many moons ago by TYCI podcast/radio producer Amanda Stanley, Joseph is in a league of her own. Her honest vocals pull at even the most rigid of heartstrings and for me, she conjures the same feelings I first had listening to the likes of Radiohead (who she covered for BBC Radio Scotland) and Low. Her album ‘Bones You Have Thrown Me And Blood I’ve Spilled’ is one of the most accomplished I have heard.
The public vote takes place May 25th – 27th, the subsequent shortlist of 10 will be announced on May 28th and the award ceremony takes place June 17th with the winner announced on the night.
For full information visit: www.sayaward.com
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