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GIT Award 2016 shortlist announced
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 23 March 2016
The shortlist for this year’s GIT Award, which champions the best new music in Merseyside, has been announced. Among the nominees are Bill Ryder-Jones, Stealing Sheep and Mic Lowry.
Says award founder Peter Guy: “When The GIT Award began five years ago, new Liverpool music was sadly under-represented on a national scale with few eyes or ears taking notice – now it’s widely considered to be the focal point for the best emerging UK artists. Once again, this year’s GIT Award nominations shortlist goes a long way to prove that, with artists from across all spheres creating music imploring listeners to take note”.
Of the shortlist, one of the judges, Jon Hillcock, said: “What a list! Where else would apocalyptic face-warping deathcore sit so comfortably alongside concise dayglo indie, streamlined R&B and motorik psych-pop? After weeks of delicate negotiation, patient listening and passionate (mostly polite) conflict, here are twelve examples of how and why forward-thinking music Merseyside is thriving”.
The full shortlist is:
Clean Cut Kid
Dragged Into Sunlight
Hooton Tennis Club
Lumen
Mic Lowry
Mugstar
RongoRongo
Bill Ryder-Jones
Stealing Sheep
Trudy
TVAM
The Vryll Society
The winner will be announced at a ceremony at Constellations in Liverpool on 14 May.
