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IMPALA announces European Album Of The Year contenders

By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 8 March 2017

Pan-European indie label trade group IMPALA has announced its shortlist for this year’s European Album Of The Year Award, selecting 25 albums released by labels based in Europe. Several UK artists and companies get in on the action this year. See, those Europeans still love us despite everything.

“The essence of this prize is to put the spotlight on the most exceptional album of the year”, says IMPALA Executive Chair Helen Smith. “It’s a great shortlist again with both new faces and well-established independent artists. The jury will now decide which album they believe was the best in 2016”.

Here’s the full list:

Agnes Obel – Citizen Of Glass (PIAS)
Bisse – Højlandet (Gateway Music)
Blood Orange – Freetown Sound (Domino Records)
Boef – Gewoon Boef (Zonamo Entertainment)
Claudio Capéo – Claudio Capéo (Jo and Co)
Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition (Warp)
Dubioza Kolektiv – Happy Machine (PIAS)
First Breath After Coma – Drifter (Omnichord Records)
Hangutazók – Indulj El (RNC Music / Egység Média)
Highasakite – Camp Echo (Propeller Recordings)
Jolly Mare – Mechanics (42 Records/Don’t Panic)
Kase.O – El Círculo (BOA)
Klaus Johann Grobe – Spagat Der Liebe (Cargo Records)
Lost Frequencies – Less Is More (Lost & Cie)
LUH – Spiritual Songs For Lovers To Sing (Mute Records)
Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force – Yermande (Ndagga)
Meshuggah – The Violent Sleep Of Reason (Nuclear Blast)
Mikko Joensuu – Amen 1 (Svart Record)
One Sentence Supervisor – Temporär Musik 1-13 (Oh, Sister Records)
Oscar – Cut And Paste (Wichita Recordings)
The Radio Dept – Running Out of Love (Labrador)
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool (XL Recordings)
Sara Renar – Tišina (Aquarius Records)
Škrtice – Škrtice (Lampshade Media)
Židrūns – Židrūns Un Tas, Ko Nevar Nest (I Love You Records)