A huge congratulations to Erland Cooper and Honeyblood who have both been longlisted at the 2020 Scottish Album of the Year Awards. The public vote is now open until midnight on October 7th - vote for Erland and Honeyblood here

Erland Cooper's beautiful album 'Sule Skerry' is on the longlist. "Sule Skerry is the second album in a triptych by the contemporary composer and multi-instrumentalist Erland Cooper. Described by MOJO as “Sonic postcards from Cooper’s native Orkney”, the series examines the air, sea and land, as celebrated by Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown. Sule Skerry is bookmarked by Cooper’s solo debut, Solan Goose (an album of the year at 6Music, The Quietus, Music OMH and more) and by 2020’s Hether Blether. On Sule Skerry Erland Cooper takes inspiration from the sea, describing the album as “a nautical map, something to refer back to when you get lost at sea”."

The amazing 'In Plain Sight' from Honeyblood has also been added to the longlist. "‘In Plain Sight’ sees Honeyblood’s Stina Tweeddale finally step forward and claim the mantle of her project as her sole vision. Three albums in, the project she birthed seven years ago finds its most steely-focus and ambitious form yet. Stina takes the solo reigns in collaboration with super-producer John Congleton (Angel Olsen, St Vincent) for her most definitive Honeyblood LP to date."

Check out all the full list here