Errors, Django Django, Twilight Sad & more nominated for Scottish Album of the Year Award 2013

The longlist of acts nominated for this year’s Scottish Album of the Year Award (SAY Award) has been announced.

The ceremony, akin to the Mercury Prize, returns for its second year, with big names such as Calvin Harris and Emeli Sandé looking to be favourites alongside the likes of Errors, The Twilight Sad and Django Django. Also among the 20-stong list are PAWS, for their debut Cokefloat!, and Dam Mantle, for Brothers Fowl.

The winner will receive a £20,000 cash prize, unveiled at ceremony in Barrowlands on 20 June. The full list of nominees is as below:

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