Now in it’s third year, the prestigious Scottish Album of the Year Award (SAY Award) celebrates the very best in Scottish music releases from the past 12 months and once again is preparing for the big event and anticipated final announcement.
In run up to this year’s SAY Award, the longlist of the top 20 albums nominated by a diverse panel of judges has just been announced. These 20 highly-successful Scottish releases will each be made available for streaming in full over the next few weeks, with a public vote to follow.
In the meantime, a huge Inner Ear congratulations to all 20 longlist nominees:
- Adam Holmes – “Heirs and Graces”
- Adam Stafford: “Imaginary Walls Collapse”
- Biffy Clyro: “Opposites”
- Boards Of Canada: “Tomorrow’s Harvest”
- Camera Obscura: “Desire Lines”
- Chvrches: “The Bones Of What You Believe”
- Dunedin Consort Dir. John Butt: “J. S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos”
- Edwyn Collins: “Understated”
- Frightened Rabbit: “Pedestrian Verse”
- Hector Bizerk: “Nobody Seen Nothing”
- Kid Canaveral: “Now That You Are A Dancer”
- Mogwai: “Les Revenants”
- Rick Redbeard: “No Selfish Heart”
- RM Hubbert: “Breaks & Bone”
- Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire: “Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire”
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra With Karen Cargill & Robin Ticciati: “Berlioz: Les Nuit D’été”
- Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: “In The Spirit Of Duke”
- Steve Mason: “Monkey Minds In The Devil’s Time”
- The Pastels: “Slow Summits”
- Young Fathers: “Tape Two”