SAY LONGLIST ANNOUNCED: WINNING ARTIST SET TO RECEIVE ÂŁ20,000 AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT BARROWLANDS ON THU, JUN 20TH The Scottish Music Industry Association [SMIA] is delighted to announce the longlist of twenty albums for the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year Award. The albums on the list represent a dazzling range of genres and musical styles highlighting, once again, the extraordinary depth of talent being produced in Scotland. Open to Scottish artists who released albums in 2012, the longlist is the product of a rigorous and thorough nomination process, with submissions received by 100 specially invited nominators from the Scottish and UK music industries as well as elsewhere in the arts and media. See Format & Eligibility Guidelines for more details. A four-week promotion of the longlist will follow, allowing the public to stream every one of the twenty longlisted titles. The promotion concludes with a 24 hour public vote on Monday 27th May when the public can choose their favourite from the list. The album with the most public votes will secure an automatic place on The SAY Award Shortlist of ten, with the other nine titles being chosen by an independent panel of judges - see notes for editors for full list of judges. The SAY Award Longlist (in alphabetical order): Admiral Fallow Auntie Flo Calvin Harris Dam Mantle Django Django Duncan Chisholm Emeli SandĂŠ Errors Human Don't Be Angry Karine Polwart Konrad Wiszniewski & Euan Stevenson Lau Meursault Miaoux Miaoux Paul Buchanan PAWS RM Hubbert Stanley Odd The Twilight Sad The Unwinding Hours
Tree Bursts In Snow Future Rhythm Machine 18 Months Brothers Fowl Django Django Affric Our Version of Events Have Some Faith In Magic Human Don't Be Angry Traces New Focus Race The Loser Something For The Weakened Light of the North Mid Air Cokefloat! Thirteen Lost & Found Reject No One Can Ever Know Afterlives