Wolf Alice (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever Media)
Gaz Coombes‘ wonderful 2015 solo LP ‘Matador‘ has been nominated for the Best Album prize at the 2016 Ivor Novello Awards, whose nominations were announced today (April 19th).
Coombes will compete with Villagers and Jamie xx for the award, while Wolf Alice are in the Best Song Musically and Lyrically category thanks to ‘Bros‘.
Elsewhere, James Bay, Jess Glynne and Years & Years are the three acts who make up the Most Performed Work section.
2016 Ivor Novello Awards nominations:
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
Ed Sheeran – Bloodstream
Wolf Alice – Bros
Jamie Lawson – Wasn’t Expecting That
Best Contemporary Song
Snakehips ft Tinashe & Chance The Rapper – All My Friends
Roots Manuva – Cargo
Skepta – Shutdown
Most Performed Work
James Bay – Hold Back The River
Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand
Years & Years – King
Best Album
Villagers – Darling Arithmetic
Jamie xx – In Colour
Gaz Coombes – Matador
Best Film Score
Ex Machina
Pan
The Duke of Burgundy
Best Television Soundtrack
And Then There Were None
From Darkness
London Spy