Choice Music Prize - Irish Album of the Year 2015 (1 Viewer)

[David Kronenbourg]

I'm just glad they are not the usual singer/songwriter/ deep & meaningful sincere ballads/middle of the road anthemic rock that this country loves.

Very true

 

[Lili Marlene]

They just seem to be the usual Joy Division-y stuff with a bit of noise guitar on top? It's grand, if people buzz off it cool but yeah I don't get what makes them stand apart from the 5000000000 other bands doing that for the past 10-15 years.

I still predict they'll win though.

 

[pete]

SOAK wins the Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2015


Gavin James takes home the Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2015


Soak has been announced as the winner of the Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2015 for the album Before We Forgot How To Dream(Rough Trade). The judging panel, made up of Irish music media professionals, deliberated at length tonight before choosing the winning album. Instead of using sales or airplay as criteria, the Choice Music Prize judges focus, simply and solely, on the music.

U2’s Adam Clayton presented Bridie aka Soak with her award.

The winner of the Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year was also announced and Gavin James won the prize for the song “Bitter Pill” (Warner Music). Decided by the public via the Choice Music Prize website, there was a fantastic response as fans got behind their favourite song.

Soak received a cheque for €10,000, a prize which has been provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) - as well as a specially-commissioned award. The sold-out event in Vicar Street, Dublin was hosted by Today FM’s Paul McLoone and was broadcast live on the station on Paul’s show.

RTE 2 Television will broadcast a one-hour highlights programme of the Choice Music Prize on Saturday March 12th at 11pm.

The full shortlist of nominated albums for the 11th annual prize was as follows (albums in alphabetical order):

Girl Band - Holding Hands with Jamie (Rough Trade)

HamsandwicH - Stories From The Surface (Route 109A Records)

Gavin James - Bitter Pill (Warner Music Ireland)

Jape - This Chemical Sea (Faction Records)

Le Galaxie - Le Club (Universal Music Ireland)

Colm Mac Con Iomaire - And Now The Weather (Plateau)

Roisin Murphy – Hairless Toys (PIAS)

Soak – Before We Forgot How To Dream (Rough Trade)

Villagers – Darling Arithmetic (Domino)

Young Wonder – Birth (Feel Good Lost)

The Choice Music Prize in Association with IMRO & IRMA.

Project Partners are: Today FM, RAAP, RTE 2, HMV, Culture Ireland and Music Week.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Who?

Seriously, these award shows could literally be fictional right now to me.

 

[rettucs]

Really pleased for Soak, and very pleasantly surprised she won. Her album is not really my bag, but shes such a genuine, nice person, with very clear and obvious talent. A very worthy winner. Good on her.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Yeah what he said!

Well done SOAK, a worthy winner of whatever this prize is.