Villagers win Irish Album of the Year for Awayland
Conor O’Brien-led folk outfit Villagers have won the Irish Album of the Year for 2013, taking away the prize for recent effort Awayland.
Awayland, which was also nominated for this year’s Mercury Prize, beat the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Little Green Cars, O Emperor and more to the award. The band take away a cash prize of €10,000 for the feat.
Check out the full list of nominations below:
And So I Watch You From Afar – All Hail Bright Futures (Sargent House)
Bell X1 – Chop Chop (Belly Up Records)
Girls Names – The New Life (Tough Love)
Kodaline – In A Perfect World (Sony Music)
Little Green Cars – Absolute Zero (Universal Music)
Mano Le Tough – Changing Days (Permanent Vacation)
My Bloody Valentine – MBV (MBV Records)
O Emperor – Vitreous (Big Skin)
Lisa O’ Neill – Same Cloth or Not (Song Seeds Records)
Villagers – {Awayland} (Domino)
[via Music Week]
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