Rustie and Mogwai make The Scottish Album Of The Year shortlist

Fledgling music award The Scottish Album Of The Year has now filleted down their longlist of twenty albums.

Ten albums make the shortlist. Rustie’s Glass Swords, Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat’s Everything’s Getting Older and Mogwai’s Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will are the obvious shoo-ins (interestingly, Beta Band’s Steve Mason didn’t make the cut). Lesser known acts include Conquering Animal Sound and Happy Particles.

The winner will bag a £20,000 cheque. Every artist on the shortlist has already banked a £1000 prize, plus a free artwork from a Glasgow School Of Art student. The winner will be announced on June 19 at Glasgow’s Film City. The shortlist is as follows:

Shortlist:
Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat – Everything’s Getting Older
Conquering Animal Sound – Kammerspiel
Happy Particles – Under Sleeping Waves
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Mungo’s Hi Fi – Forward Ever
Remember Remember – The Quickening
Rustie – Glass Swords
Tommy Smith – Karma
Twin Atlantic – Free