THE Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award winner is confirmed as Young Fathers for their release ‘Tape Two.’
The winner was revealed tonight at a ceremony in Glasgow’s Barrowlands venue. The full shortlist showing off Scotland’s strong and extensive roaster of talent included Biffy Clyro, Opposites; Boards of Canada, Tomorrow’s Harvest; CHVRCHES, The Bones Of What You Believe; Edwyn Collins, Understated; Hector Bizerk, Nobody Seen Nothing; Mogwai, Les Revenants; RM Hubbert, Breaks & Bone; Steve Mason, Monkey Minds in The Devil’s Time; The Pastels, Slow Summits; Young Fathers, Tape Two.
This year’s winners have just signed to LA label Anticon and performed on USA TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live. The band were in the audience and took to the stage to collect their award. The band said: “Our home is a basement in Leith. We are so grateful to everyone that’s supported us.”
The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award is a prestigious and exciting arts prize developed by the Scottish Music Industry Association to celebrate, promote and reward the most outstanding albums released by Scottish artists between January and December of the previous calendar year.
With a first prize of £20,000, nine runners-up prizes of £1,000 and an Art Commission valued at £20,000, The SAY Award is a hugely ambitious arts prize that reflects the cultural importance of music in Scotland, celebrates its links with the visual arts and rewards the extraordinary wealth of artistic talent we seem to effortlessly produce on an annual basis.
RM Hubbert was at the ceremony and treated the crowd to a live performance following on from his win in 2013. Other performances on the night came from Law and Alarm Bells. You can watch our session with RM Hubbert here-
