The shortlist for the recently-rechristened RTÉ Choice Music Prize is out.
Previous winners in recent years have included SOAK, The Gloaming and Villagers, with former gong-holders including The Divine Comedy, Two Door Cinema Club and Jape.
This year’s shortlist:
All Tvvins – IIVV (Warner Music)
Bantum – Move (Self Released)
Wallis Bird – Home (Mount Silver / Caroline International)
The Divine Comedy – Foreverland (Divine Comedy Records)
Lisa Hannigan – At Swim (Hoop Recordings)
Katie Kim – Salt (Art For Blind Records)
James Vincent McMorrow – We Move (Faction Records)
Overhead, The Albatross – Learning to Growl (Self Released)
Rusangano Family – Let The Dead Bury The Dead (Self Released)
We Cut Corners – The Cadences Of Others (Delphi)
To mark the occasion, RTÉ 2fm is playing all Irish music, all day, until midnight, with a CMP special at 8pm.
By the way – Broadsheet’s tip for the top?
Rusangano Family, one of our joint Albums of the Year from 2016.
Stream all the entrants at the website.
Must say that’s an impressive list. Absolutely love We Cut Corners, especially since seeing them live in the Button Factory in November. Rooting for them, All Tvvins and Rusangano Family.
groovy. im really excited. are any of these cats available on vinyl?
All of them, except Bantum, at your local independent record dealer. :-)
G’WAN KATIE KIM!!!!!
@steve k Got Katie Kim – Salt on Vinyl. Brilliant album. Deserves to win.