The final shortlist for this year's Scottish Album Of The Year Award has been announced.
The award has grown to become one of the most sought after in the country, with the winner gaining a cheque for £20,000.
Sacred Paws picked up the gong in 2017, with the SAY Award recently unfurling the longlist for 2018.
Following a lengthy discussion between panel members the shortlist was finally whittled down, and it reads as follows:
BABE – Kiss & Tell
Best Girl Athlete – Best Girl Athlete
Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending
Golden Teacher – No Luscious Life
Karine Polwart with Pippa Murphy – A Pocket of Wind Resistance
Kobi Onyame – Gold
Mogwai – Every Country’s Sun
Out Lines – Conflats
Siobhan Wilson – There Are No Saints
Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar
The winner will be announced on September 6th during a ceremony at Paisley Town Hall.
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