The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award has officially announced the 2023 Longlist.

Now in its 12th year, this year saw a record-breaking 437 eligible album submissions with only 20 albums making it to this year’s Longlist, who are now in the running for the coveted title and £20,000 cash prize.

The Longlist is selected through a nationwide consultation with members of Scotland’s music and arts communities with 100 impartial ‘Nominators’ – selected from sectors including journalism, music retail and music venues – with reviewing the eligible albums list and nominating their five favourite albums in order of preference. The SMIA assigns a score to each title in a Nominator’s Top 5, before announcing the 20 highest scoring albums as The SAY Award Longlist.

In alphabetical order, the SAY Awards 2023 Longlist is as follows:
Andrew Wasylyk – Hearing The Water Before Seeing The Falls
Becky Sikasa – Twelve Wooden Boxes
Bemz – Nova’s Dad
Brìghde Chaimbeul – Carry Them With Us
Brooke Combe – Black Is the New Gold
Brownbear – Demons
Cloth – Secret Measure
Comfort – What’s Bad Enough?
Eyes of Others – Eyes of Others
Free Love – Inside
Hamish Hawk – Angel Numbers
Joesef – Permanent Damage
Juliette Lemoine – Soaring
Kapil Seshasayee – Laal
LVRA – Soft Like Steel
Paolo Nutini – Last Night in the Bittersweet
Scott William Urquhart & Constant Follower – Even Days Dissolve
The Snuts – Burn The Empire
Su-a Lee – Dialogues
Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy

The SAY Award winner will be revealed alongside the winner of The Sound of Young Scotland Award and the Modern Scottish Classic Award at the SAY Awards Live Ceremony at Stirling’s Albert Halls on Thursday 26th October.