SCOTTISH ALBUM OF THE YEAR – PUBLIC VOTING OPEN

Following a four-week promotion of the Scottish Album Of The Year Award (SAY Award) Longlist, the promotion concludes with an open vote on Monday 27 May until midnight when public can choose their favourite from the list of 20 nominated albums (see below).

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 on Thursday 30 May.

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Vote for your favourite album now @ http://www.sayaward.com/the-albums/

The SAY Award Longlist is:

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

Human Don’t Be Angry: Human Don’t Be Angry

Karine Polwart: Traces

Konrad Wiszniewski & Euan Stevenson: New Focus

Lau: Race The Loser

Meursault: Something For The Weakened

Miaoux Miaoux: Light of the North

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 judges are: John Williamson (Chair, Academic); Douglas Anderson (Author/Broadcaster); Christopher Brookmyre (Author); Stewart Cruickshank (Radio Producer); Tom Doyle (Author/Journalist); Douglas Gordon (Visual Artist); Kate Molleson (Journalist);Joe Muggs (Journalist/A&R); Jude Rogers (Journalist); Tjinder Singh (Cornershop; Ample Play Records); Rebecca Vasmant (DJ/Producer); Sue Wilson (Journalist).

The SAY Award supports the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland charity and will be collecting donations on their behalf at the award ceremony.

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