The longlist for this year's Scottish Album of the Year award (SAY Award) has been announced.

This list will be whittled down to a further Shortlist of 10 albums, one of which will be chosen by music fans via an online public vote and the others decided by The SAY Award judging panel, before the winner is announced at a ceremony in Paisley Town Hall on Thursday 6 September.

The winning artist will pick up a £20,000 cash prize, with the 9 runners up each being awarded £1,000. Each Shortlisted artist will also receive an exclusively designed piece of artwork from the SAY Award Design Commission. Read more about the Scottish Music Industry Association produced award on the SAY Award website.

Here are this year's contenders:

Pronto Mama - ‘Any Joy’

Karine Polwart with Pippa Murphy Music - 'A Pocket Of Wind Resistance’

Kobi Onyame - ‘Gold’

Best Girl Athlete - ‘Best Girl Athlete’

Elephant Sessions - ‘All We Have Is Now’

Free Love (FKA Happy Meals) - ‘Full Ashram Devotional Ceremony Vol IV-VI’

Catriona McKay & Chris Stout - ‘Bare Knuckle’

Young Fathers - ‘Cocoa Sugar’

Martha Ffion - 'Sunday Best’

The Spook School - ‘Could It Be Different’

Adam Holmes And The Embers - ‘Midnight Milk’

Catholic Action - ‘In Memory Of’

Out Lines - ‘Conflats’

Babe - ‘Kiss & Tell’

Mogwai - ‘Every Country’s Sun’

Golden Teacher - ‘No Luscious Life’

Blue Rose Code - ‘The Water of Leith’

Neon Waltz - ‘Strange Hymns’

Siobhan Wilson - ‘There Are No Saints’

Franz Ferdinand - ‘Always Ascending’