Sacred Paws have won this year's Scottish Album Of The Year Award
29 June 2017, 09:58
| Written by
Laurence Day
This year's SAY Award (Scottish Album Of The Year) has gone to Sacred Paws for their fantastic record Strike A Match.
The award and its accompanying £20,000 prize were bestowed upon the duo - Rachel Aggs (Shopping, Trash Kit) and Eilidh Rogers - at a ceremony in Paisley last night.
Sacred Paws saw of competition from Honeyblood, C Duncan, Pictish Trail, and labelmates Mogwai. Each runner up was also awarded a £1000 prize.
Last year's SAY Award was won by composer Anna Meredith for her LP Varmints.
Strike A Match is out now via Rock Action. Sacred Paws tour the UK and Ireland from next month - find out more.
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