The winner of the Scottish Album of the Year has been revealed as dinny greet by Edinburgh five-piece rEDOLENT.
The SAY Award is now in its 13th year and has distributed over £390,000 in prize money, with previous winners including Young Fathers, Mogwai and Kathryn Joseph.
For the third year in a row the ceremony was held at the Albert Halls in Stirling, with rEDOLENT taking the £20,000 prize and bespoke trophy for their debut album.
The group, made up of brothers Danny and Robin Herbert plus Andrew Turnbull, Robbie White and Alice Hancock top prize ahead of Barry Can’t Swim, Becky Sikasa, Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand, all of whom collected runner-up prizes of £1,000 each and unique glass trophies, created via The SAY Award Design Commission by Dunblane artist Elin Isaksson.
The awards were hosted by broadcasters Nicola Meighan and Vic Galloway, with live music from No Windows and a special set from Benz.
A panel of industry experts and cultural tastemakers from across Scotland and the wider UKmet in Stirling to debate 2024’s shortlist and choose the winner.
The Modern Scottish Classic Award, which celebrates iconic Scottish albums of the past, went to Martyn Bennett's final studio album Grit, which was recoded while its creator was battling Hodgkin's Lymphoma and released 15 months before his feath at the age of just 33.
The previous winners of that award are These Streets by Paolo Nutini, Heaven or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins and Frightened Rabbit's The Midnight Organ Fight.
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The Sound of Young Scotland award went to Dillon Barrie, who was chosen by a panel of 11 SAY Award nominees.
He will receive a funding package of up to £10,000 to help make his debut album, including cash grants of £5,5000, 250 vinyl pressings of their debut album from Seabass Vinyl, in-kind use of The Tolbooth’s recording studio in Stirling, business advice from industry experts arranged via Help Musicians and more.
Stirling Council depute leader, Gerry McGarvey said, “Congratulations to rEDOLENT on the much deserved accolade of 2024 Scottish Album of the Year and also to Dillon Barrie for receiving The Sound of Young Scotland Award. ‘Grit’ being named as the Modern Scottish Classic was also a fitting tribute to the life, career and legacy of Martyn Bennett.
“Stirling has been proud to host The SAY Award over the last three years, with the historic Albert Halls providing an ideal stage for this magnificent event, especially as we celebrate our 900th anniversary this year.
“Our partnership with The SAY Award continues beyond this evening as the award-winning Tolbooth Stirling will host a number of shows from some of the Shortlisted artists as well as an exhibition from local artist Elin Isaksson who designed the stunning trophies as part of The SAY Award Design Commission.
“Thank you once again to everyone who played their part in making The 2024 SAY Award a resounding success and underlining Stirling’s status as a major cultural events destination.”
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